Essex: SLATY-BACKED GULL turned up last week again

Last Thursday the Slaty-backed Gull turned up again at Pitsea in Essex on a dip with no general access. Some more superb images were obtained of the bird:

Click here: http://www.birdersplayground.co.uk/Recent%20Images.html

The bird was then found roosting up on a nearby reservoir called Hanningfield Reservoir. Again some more images of this superb gull were taken:

Image 1: http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/gallery_show.asp?galleryid=9541&page=1&sort=4&pos=25&

Image 2:http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/gallery_show.asp?galleryid=9539&page=1&sort=4&pos=26&

What a bird, still gutted I dipped it.

Until next time, Foghorn out!