Rehabillitated Gulls……

You may recall from the summer that I joined up to a national project which is ringing orhaned and abandoned Gulls to look at Gull survival and dispersal following rehabillitation at Brent Lodge Wildlife Hospital in Sidlesham and the British Trust for Ornithology.

Well, we have had some more reports of two gulls one has moved just up the coast to a lovely park in Brighton. This is NZA - a first winter herring gull who was an orphaned chick. Hopefully the video below will be accessible.

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THEN!! We had a fantastic report of NZJ also an abandoned chick brought in my a member of the public. Another first winter Herring Gull (and a very handsome one too!!) who rocked up in BELGIUM.

Mark Grantham at the BTO Headquaters tells me this is only the second ever West Sussex ringed Gull to be reported in Belgium. How amazing!!!

It was spotted by Francis Kerchof a Marine Biologist based in Oostende. His wonderful photo is below along with a map showing the movement.

NZJ found by Francis Kerchof - photo credit.