Today & yesterday were a bit of a bonaza, mostly of returning birds.
Sat 1. Common Gull Green J3M6 was ringed as a juv in Norway in Aug 2015. All reports since are from Newport - Jan & Dec '16 & Jan '18.
2. Med Gull Red PYT8 was ringed as a chick in Poland in May '16, seen again in Poland in Feb '18 & then at Newport in Sept & Oct this year.
3. Med Gull White 3NNT, whose pic I posted recently, from Holland via Cornwall, Shropshire & County Down.
4. Black Headed Gull Black 2AXJ was ringed as a nestling in Meriden (W Midlands) in June '16 & reported from Newport in Mar '17.
5. & 1 new one - BHG White 205H from a UK scheme.
Sun Just one. Common Gull White J5R1 was ringed in Norway as a breeding adult in June '11, then disappeared till 2 sightings at Newport in Dec 15 with subsequent reports from Norway in April of '15 & '16.
Sadly all too far away for my primitive photo set up.
