Landguard Bird Observatory has an ongoing long term study of local gull populations. This mostly involves ringing youngsters. On the 21st July last year a considerable amount of time was spent extracting an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull from netting protecting solar panels on a local factory roof. It gave me a severe pecking & I still have the scars to prove it ! This bird would have been dead in the baking sun if we hadn't been on hand to rescue it. It is pleasing to report that it was no worse the wear for it's ordeal as the bird was seen sunning itself at Anza, Morrocco 2556km away on 9th & 13th January 2015 being identified by it's colour ring DSD.D Hopefully it will be back in Felixstowe this summer.
