Rufford Gulls

A short, hour long trip to Rufford CP, yesterday saw me catch up with 2 familiar Black-headed Gulls. The first, EUM3 (Dutch ringed), is almost guaranteed on every visit now, and it was in the same place, enjoying some delicious bread again!

EUM3

The second gull, P519 ringed in Lithuania on 1st April 2010 as an adult 1456km away, was first seen by me in February 2019 at Rufford (see here). It had been seen before, at Rufford, in January 2018 and in November 2018, so it's obviously a regular bird here. Yesterday's sighting was the first since February 2019, and hopefully it's back for the winter again.

P519