In recent days I've spent two early mornings at Chouet landfill. The weather conditions with very strong northerly winds and frequent showers have made gull recording very difficult, and I have missed more ring reads on my returning Lesser Black-backed Gulls than I've actually made (eight in total). Eventually I managed c 150 Herring Gull ring reads and 44 GBBGs (including 12 French and two English - all birds that have been recorded previously at some point in Guernsey). A half-hearted attempt to ring our first few gulls of the year in the garden on Sunday morning looks like ending with yet another blank! And finally there is still not a sign this winter of either a Glaucous or Iceland Gull in Guernsey...although we live in hope!
Chouet Landfill 02 February 2013
L'Ancresse Common 31 January 2013
LBBG Black 7H2 Chouet Landfill 02/02/2013
GBBG Blue 95D Chouet Landfill 02/02/2013
GBBG White P:30A Chouet Landfill Beach 31 January 2013
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