I had a couple of hours at Rufford and Clumber this afternoon. It was cold (3 degrees and very windy) with a few snow flurries. Despite this, there were only about 100 Black-headed Gulls at Rufford and a similar number at Clumber.
Ringed birds seen at Rufford were 217A and 258A, both familiar birds. There were also a couple of Common Gulls present.
217A
258A
Clumber was also very cold and windy, and I only managed to find 1 metal-ringed Black-headed Gull, a Danish ringed individual, VAO171. I first saw this bird here in November 2018 and again in December 2020. It had originally been ringed, 872km away, on the Danish island of Hirsholm on 12th June 2015.
VAO171
Also present today, was Mute Swan Y358. Again, a familiar bird, ringed on 6th September 2019, and first seen by me at Clumber on 31st August 2021.
Y358
Also present were 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and an immature/1st winter Common Gull.
Common Gull
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