The 4cy Caspian Gull I saw on the River Thames in Fulham on 6 January was seen yesterday in Thetford, Norfolk, by Dawn Balmer. It's unequivocally the same bird - the bill pattern has several unique features that are easily recognisable and plumage looks identical too. No doubt they'll see it again and find I read the ring wrong ... :-) here's XDFE as a first-winter at Dungeness in August 2014.
Kudos to social media and the hyper-connected contemporary birding scene for this coming to light.
Kudos to social media and the hyper-connected contemporary birding scene for this coming to light.
Caspian Gull 'XDFE', Thetford, Norfolk, 12 January 2017 © Dawn Balmer
