On 19th Caroline Pickett photographed an adult Med Gull at Bosherston that she subsequently realised had a yellow ring. A sharp photo and good fortune enabled the ring to be read – AS.UJ.
This bird is a male and was ringed in Germany near to Leipzig in May ’20, and as well as repeat visits their during the breeding season, this is the same bird that I have previously seen at the Gann (Dec. ’20-Feb. ’21, and Jan. ’23). He seems to have a pattern also of dropping into East Yorkshire in late summer, having been recorded at Kilnsea Wetlands in Aug. ’20, July ’21, and July-Aug. ’23. He has not been recorded anywhere else.
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| Photo: Caroline Pickett |