Wednesday 25 November 2015

COLOUR-RINGED MEDITERRANEAN GULL

   There are few Med. Gulls around in the winter but Chris noticed one last Wednesday at Aberystwyth with a colour-ring: White RN41.
   It had been ringed prior to fledging on 23/6/13 at a colony to the south east of Paris. Very interestingly, it soon flew north and was seen 15/9/13 at Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland.      Early in May 2014 it was seen over a few days in southern Brittany, moving to western Brittany by 23/7/14 where it was next seen 1/3/15.
   On 24/10/15 it was at the Nevern estuary, Newport, Pembrokeshire before moving north to Aberystwyth the following month.