In early April this year Lesser Black-backed Gull Black JR42
was seen on Chouet Beach. This gull was on passage back to Norway. What made
this sighting extra special was the discovery that it is one of the gulls
nesting in the far north of Norway, way up in the Arctic Circle on the Island of
Loppa in Finnmark. The life history of this gull showed that it had been ringed
as a chick in July 2006, and that it is has spent significant parts of
intervening winters in Spain. However, until yesterday the gull had not been
recorded back at its natal colony. After passing through Guernsey this spring,
Black JR42 did return to Loppa, where gull enthusiasts Morten Helberg and Arild
Breistol recorded it yesterday.
LBBG Black JR42 on Chouet Beach, Guernsey - April 2013 (c) PKV
The Movements of Black JR42
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