Another icey cold gull roost at the Flash today, with very few gulls compared to other recent evenings. No sign of yesterdays adult Iceland gull, but a juvenile did turn up and it appears to be the bird which has been seen regularly at Lower Rivington Reservoir over the past few weeks. A different juvenile has been seen at Cutacre country park at Atherton in the past few days, and the adult was also seen there today, but where these birds go when they are not roosting at the Flash is a mystery.
This juvenile Iceland gull is a lot darker and more coarsely marked than the bird which has been at Cutacre, and the dark mark behind the eye seems to clinch it as the Lower Rivington bird. Also the bill pattern looks different to the Cutacre bird.
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