This site normally has a small wintering flock of 20-30 birds, but numbers had swollen to a couple of thousand at the start of February and it seemed inevitable that something interesting was going to turn up.
As well as a returning Lesser Black-backed and a Mediterranean Gull, two birds with NI colour-rings were recorded. In addition, Robin recorded a Black-headed Gull with a green colour-ring and another with a white colour-ring.
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| Colour-ringed BHG at centre of shot Photo by Robin Vage |
Robin reported his sightings and heard back that the green ringed bird, JZ20, had been ringed as an adult female in April 2016 at Engervannet, Sandvika in Norway.
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| Green - Engervannet, Norway Blue - Corbet, Co. Down |
It was re-sighted nearby the following day, but this was the first report since.
Great work by Robin and many thanks to him for passing on the information.
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