Hot on the heels of old-timer GBBG E5506 , now comes an even
older bird, which is getting very close to breaking the UK longevity record for
this species. Last night Lee Collins reported seeing GBBG Jersey metal ring
E4357 at Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, Devon, England. I ringed this bird as a
chick in June 1990…so it is now just over 24 years, one month and two weeks of age! If
this wonderful old gull can survive another year and manage to get its metal
ring read again – Guernsey will snatch the record away from Scotland (not that
we’re competitive down here!).
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