Thanks Ian - I've done that but I don't know that my photos will be much help.

paul

Paul, as a county rarity please send the image to me, where if necessary it can then be circulated around the rarities committee. My contact details are on the who's who page of the Manchester Birding website.

Just back from Turn Moss playing fields where my granddaughter and I saw a medium-sized gull (Common Gull sized or perhaps a little bigger) with a yellowish bill with a black ring. Legs yellowish, wings light to mid grey, only two white patches to the black wing tips. Light conditions not brilliant but we think it's probably a Ring-billed Gull. We have a field sketch and some very poor photographs (taken with my phone) but what we'd really like is corroboration.

When we saw it, the possible RBG was to the just beyond the changing rooms and to the LHS (looking towards Chorlton Ees). It was feeding in the muddy puddles along with Common Gulls, Black-headed Gulls and a single Lesser Black-backed Gull. It clearly wasn't any of those and much to small and neat to be a Herring Gull. Last seen flying towards the Stretford side of the playing fields.

Ian. I'm not sure how to post this so I have gone for the query species rather than location.


paul wilkins with ellie waltham