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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gander" data-source="post: 3507352" data-attributes="member: 138487">Icelander  ReturnWeathers a bit calmer now, but there are fewer birds about. Even the Herring/GBB Gull flock is down to less than a hunderd. I'd seen neither Glaucous or Iceland gulls for a couple of days, and assumed they had moved on. I was wrong. Out on the water this morning sat an Iceland Gull (see photos).Still in close attendance are the two Scoters, but the Long-Tailed Duck seems to have moved on. Kittiwakes also still present.Also this morning, I received a report of two birds landing on one of our decks. By the time I got there, they were gone, but from the initial reports, they sound like Curlew. What Curlew are doing out here in early January, I have no idea. I'll be sitting down with the person who reported the birds later, just to go through some pictures and confirm the ID as best as possible. The person involved is a non birder and the initial description was of a duck with a long curved beak. Not the worst description I've heard given out here. A few years ago, we had a worker who on one occasion rushed into the tea shack all excited because he'd spotted a penguin below the platform. Needless to say, the arrival of a penguin would have come as a big surprise to the Guillemot that was down there.</blockquote>