Baltic Gull

Larus fuscus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 (0, 16)

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Sub-species

STATUS

Northern Norway, Sweden and Finland to the White Sea.

OVERVIEW

Seven of the records were only accepted in the 2019 BBRC report, showing the difficulty of identification. Seven individuals have been ringed in Scandinavia.

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BBRC RECORDS

1). 1981 Suffolk Orfordness, adult, found dead, 24th October, ringed as a pullus in Finland in 1978.

(B. J. Small, Suffolk Birds 2005: 34-35; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 546).

2.0). 2005 Gloucestershire Gloucester Landfill, 1CY, 18th October to 1st November, ringed, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 607).

3). 2006 Gloucestershire Gloucester Landfill, 2CY, 27th July, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 607).

4). 2007 Gloucestershire Hempsted, adult, 18th to 20th April, photo, had been ringed at Pietersaari, Vaasa, Finland, on 5th July, 2004.

(P. Stewart, Birding World 20 (4): 152-153, plates 1-4; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 546).

5). 2009 Gloucestershire Bishop's Cleeve Landfill, 4CY, 2nd to 3rd December, ringed, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 607).

6). 2010 Suffolk Blythburgh, 2CY, 14th to 17th July, photo.

(Birding World 23 (7): 285, photo; C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 580).

2.1). 2012 Berkshire Lower Farm Gravel-pit, Newbury, 7CY, 9th to 10th January, ringed, photo; same as 2005 Gloucestershire.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 607).

7). 2015 Leicestershire & Rutland Cotesbach Landfill Site, 2CY, 11th July, photo.

(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 580).

8). 2016 Leicestershire & Rutland Shawell A5 Lagoons, 15CY+, female, 26th March to 2nd April, ringed, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 607).

9). 2016 Leicestershire & Rutland Shawell A5 Lagoons, 12CY, 6th April, ringed.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 607).

10). 2016 Lincolnshire Norton Disney Quarry, 7CY, 22nd July, ringed, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 113: 607).

11). 2017 Norfolk Cley Marshes, 2CY, 22nd August, photo.

(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 580).

12). 2018 Yorkshire Attercliffe, Sheffield, 2CY, 9th July to 2nd August, photo.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 584, plate 325).

13). 2019 Borders Gunknowe Loch, Tweedbank, 2CY, 6th February, ringed, photo, had been ringed as a chick in Orivesi, Finland, in July 2018.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 574).

14.0). 2021 Northamptonshire Daventry, 3CY, 16th and 18th May.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 574).

14.1) 2021 Leicestershire & Rutland Shawell Sand Quarry, 3CY, 18th May, ringed, photo; same as Northamptonshire.

(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 115: 574).

15). 2021 Greater London Thamesmead, 2CY, 18th August, photo.

(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 570).

16). 2022 Leicestershire & Rutland Cotesbach Landfill, Shawell, 4CY, 26th May, photo, colour-ringed.

(L. Bacon, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 116: 570).

17). 2023 Dorset West Bexington, 8th April.

(BBRC - Web-WIP-11-3-24).

18). 2023 Norfolk Cley Marshes, first-summer, 15th July.

(BBRC - Web-WIP-11-3-24).