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A quick post to update on a Black-headed Gull that was seen at Center Parcs last week (14th).
The bird in question, ringed 218F, by me, as a 1st year bird in October 2024 was reported back in the country at Center Parcs again. Unfortunately, there were no sightings over the summer ( I last saw it, at Rufford, on 2nd March 2025), so we don't yet know where it breeds. Hopefully, it'll hang around for another winter.
My latest visit to Rufford was on 2nd March, when I had an hour, and spotted 14 Black-headed Gulls, including new birds; 2V03 (ringed on 18th January, as a 5, born last year), 218F (ringed by me, as a 1st winter bird, on 12th October 2024) and J3018 ( a new Norwegian-ringed bird, that was ringed, as a free-flying juvenile, in Oslo, on 5th August 2024).
