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Here is more shots of the "probable" Mew Gull I watched again with Allen Pocock, Richard Lowe,and from Cumbria Tristan Reid( http://www.binocularface.co.uk/ ) yesterday. Commenting about the gull I know believe this bird is probably a Mew Gull but "Heinei"(Siberian Common Gull) may not be ruled out? One thing I do believe is that it's not a retarded plumaged European Common Gull (Larus canus)!! Any way if you are interesting in Gulls I would suggest you go and see this bird as you will very surprised what it looks like, how it acts and just the general jizz of this bird and that includes supposed gull experts from Rutland and Norfolk !! Changing the subject slightly over the last couple of days I finally hit the magic target of 100 species in the Soar Valley Challenge. This came in the form of one Sand Martin over the Sand Martin bank at Watermead CP North and a nice looking male Scaup on the Key Lakes at Watermead CP Birstall. So just under 40 species to go f...

As I have been researching the "probable" Mew Gull I have included some links of Mew Gull from the States: http://www.martinreid.com/Gull%20website/megup01.html http://www.martinreid.com/Gull%20website/megup09.html http://www.sitkanature.org/gallery/?preview=Mew+Gull http://johnrakestraw.net/2010/02/23/mew-gull/ http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/mew_gull/ Some very interesting images!

With the interest of the Mew Gull at Albert Village at the moment I have included a few links which might be helpful? http://www.pbase.com/jpkln/mew http://bobduckhouses.blogspot.com/2010/03/leicestershire-gull.html http://www.surfbirds.com/blog/archie69asbo/14733/Probable+MEW+GULL+in+Leicestershire+-+15032010.html http://gonebirding.webs.com/apps/blog/show/3119091-albert-village-lake-12th-march-2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGnEeOBYiM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mvkBA2RTy8&feature=related http://www.flickr.com/groups/nagulls/pool/ Other sightings I saw yesterday at Albert Village Lake including the two long-staying Med Gulls and at least one 3rd Winter Yellow-legged Gull .

Here is a few more shots of the "Probable" Mew Gull at Albert Village Lake. The bird was seen again this morning around 10.30am by Andy Forryan and Ben Croxtall, but I missed it by a few minutes! Other sightings I saw during the morning and early afternoon included a nice looking adult Caspian Gull , one summer plumaged Med Gull, a brief adult Kittiwake and an assortment of well-known faces!?!

Following information from Richard Lowe about an unusual gull at Albert Village Lake late last week, so with my day off from work I spent most of the day at this site. The bird in question was a Common Gull-type which showed characteristics of Mew Gull (the American version of Common Gull).Arriving around 10.15am I met up with Steve Lister and Roger Davis who were already at the site and were slowly scanning the group of gulls. So far there had seen two corking Adult Mediterranean Gulls in the group but not yet the strange gull! Noting the Med Gulls in the flock, I tried to take a few shots of the Med Gulls but as usual just when I was focusing on the Gulls, there flew off towards the tip! Over the period of the morning we were joined by a few birders which included Allen Pocock and Andy Forryan and Richard Lowe, who had found the interesting gull the previous Thursday. The Med Gulls were seen again and a coloured ringed Common Gull was also noted on the island, but it wasn't un...