7th Dec - storm Barra passed over the country. Cloud your and increasing wind, S during the morning, rain later and pm, heavy short spell heavy rain, 6C

Willey, 

Collared Dove, 12, on the street next to the ‘pen-fold/allotments’ this morning.

Colour ringed Herring Gull, 7D4B.  

The ringer has sent details of yesterdays colour ringed Herring Gull I saw at Shawell, it was originally ringed at a landfill site in Yorkshire, so is still visiting landfill sites after all this time.

                                    Age

  GR53361            N      3                       21/08/15  CB    Rufforth Waste Disposal site, York

                         S       7    Sighted         05/01/17  MFJ   Titchwell, Norfolk (163 km, SE, 1 yr 137days)

                         S       7    Sighted         30/10/17  MFJ   Titchwell, Norfolk (163 km, SE, 2 yrs 70days)

                         S       7    Sighted         10/12/17  MFJ   Titchwell, Norfolk (163 km, SE, 2 yrs 111days)

                         S      10   Sighted         20/09/19           Bain Landfill Site,Lincolnshire (116 km, SE, 4 yrs 30days)

                         S      10   Sighted         08/01/21           Cress Marsh, Stallingborough, North East Lincolnshire (80 km,                                                                                                      ESE, 5 yrs 140days)