Three "Guernsey" Lesser Black-backed Gulls see today in NW Spain

Great news in from Antonio Gutierrez, who saw three "Guernsey" Lesser Black-backed Gulls at A Coruna, NW Spain yesterday. This included the first sighting away from the Channel Islands of one of this year's juveniles - Black 4.H4 (raised in one of the colonies on Sark). The other birds were Black 2.K2 an adult ringed at Chouet Landfill in May 2010, and White 8.U9 a breeding adult ringed on Burhou in June 2009, and recorded again on Burhou in May 2010 (Jen Stockdale) - having been seen in September 2009 in Portugal (Paulo Marques).

LBBG Black 4.H4 Meiras Beach, Valdovino, A Coruna, Spain 15 August 2010 - Antonio Gutierrez

LBBG Black 2.K2 Frouxeira Lagoon, Valdovino, A Coruna, Spain - 15 August 2010 - Antonio Gutierrez

LBBG White 8.U9  Frouxeira Lagoon, Valdovino, A Coruna, Spain - 15 August 2010 - Antonio Gutierrez

LBBG White 8.U9 - Burhou, Alderney - June 2009 - PKV

I also received news today of the Polish-ringed Black-headed Gull (White TARM) seen on 14 and 15 August at Bellegreve Bay, Guernsey. It had been ringed by Tomasz Iciek at Przykona Reservoir, Radyczyny, Turek, Poland as a nesting adult on 05 June 2010.