AAZU Mediterranean Gull, Great Yarmouth

I enquired about the origins of this Mediterranean Gull and this is the response:

This bird is an adult male, ringed at a nesting colony in May 2007 at Pionierinsel Lühe, Landkreis Stade, Niedersachse, Germany (53° 35' N 09° 36' E)

Pionierinsel is a tiny small island in Elbe estuary, med gulls breed within a huge colony of common gulls.

Interestingly Jono Leadley reported this bird on the same day! See:

http://birdingdad.blogspot.com/2010/01/das-med-gulls.html

(see also Dave Appleton's website for his account of our day http://www.gobirding.eu/Diary/Diary.html - and much better pictures!)

The complete reported history of this bird is as follows:

11 02 09 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Allan Hale UK Photo!

12 02 09 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Paul Riley UK 28+
06 10 09 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Allan Hale UK 58, 11 CR, 5 x Pio
16 02 09 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Lee Gregory UK
26 10 09 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Simon Tonkin UK 4 x Pio
02 11 09 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Allan Hale UK 10 CR, 4 x Pio
18 11 09 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Allan Hale UK 13 CR (5 x Pio)
01 12 09 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Allan Hale UK 70, 14 CR, 5 x Pio
04 12 09 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Tim Burke UK 50, 11 CR, 5 x Pio
02 01 10 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Allan Hale UK 6, "terrible weather"
03 01 10 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Jono Leadley UK 2 x Pio
18 01 10 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Peter Allard UK 57, 3 x Pio, 19 1st Winter
24 01 10 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Amy Crossley UK 35 (6 CR, 4 x Pio)
24 01 10 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Simon Tonkin UK 35 (6 CR, 4 x Pio)
31 01 10 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk David Norgate UK
31 01 10 Great Yarmouth Seafront Norfolk Jono Leadley UK 4 CR (2 x Pio)

These interesting links were also sent in the reply:
http://www.alice-dsl.net/niksneues/Pionierinsel/index.html
http://www.hajo-naturfoto.de/naturfoto/de/gallery.php?td=30&gid=1001&f_galnr=1246195305
http://www.hajo-naturfoto.de/naturfoto/de/gallery.php?td=30&gid=1001&f_galnr=1148402838 http://medgull.free.fr/
http://www.crb-photoguide.com/



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