At Newport the resident/frequent ringed Herring Gulls (from Gloucester landfill ringings some years ago, & now well into middle age) & Great Black Backs (more recent, from Skokholm) lead very boring (to me) lives, rarely, if ever, being reported outside Pembs.
So it's always nice to see a ringed Lesser Black Back.
White 6M7:C, yesterday, was ringed as a pullus just off the Isle of Arran, West Scotland, in July 15. It was reported from Portugal in Oct 16 & is presumably on it's way back north.
Interestingly, despite it's youth, it seemed to be in full adult plumage.
