That's why Mum goes to....

My ringing trainer, Neville, got in touch last week to say he'd been feeding the ducks with his grand-daughter, Lily and had seen some of "my" gulls.

You can clearly see the differences in the plumage and colour of the bill and legs between the adult, 2ABF and a juvenile 2AAF here:

Photo by Neville McKee

Photo by Neville McKee

The Polish-ringed bird, originally from Lithuania, T35J is also still around:

Photo by Neville McKee

The most exciting record which Neville got was a metal-ringed bird, on which he could make out the word, "Iceland".

Photo by Neville McKee

Unfortunately he was unable to get the ring number before the bird flew off - bloody birds!