Carl has tracked down the colour-ringed Glauc (2nd W) that he found at Cotham Flash on saturday, with some help from Rob Johnson. This bird (T:193 in black text on yellow) was ringed by Grampian Ringing Group on the Ugie Estuary at Peterhead in August 2011, having been hanging around there for a few weeks. It was subsequently seen at Boldon Flats in Durham on 23 December, and then at Newton Sewer on Teesmouth on 15 January, before Carl located it here in Notts. See the following link for more details:
http://grampianringing.blogspot.com/2012/01/gulls-on-move.html
Apparently very few (if any) Glaucs have been colour-ringed in this country before, so great to learn a bit about this bird's movements!
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