An adult winter Bonaparte's Gull was found on Sunday afternoon by Tim Kinch at Hoylake. I was at work when the bird was found, and I was well gripped off as I needed it for Cheshire. Thankfully, the bird has hung around, and I connected with it this afternoon, sat out on the beach at Kings Gap.
Adult winter Bonaparte's Gull
Birders on site
This is the 7th record for Cheshire and Wirral. The previous records are shown below:
2004 Inner Marsh Farm, adult, 20th May.
1998 Richmond Bank, first-winter, 20th February.
1994 Inner Marsh Farm, first-winter to first-summer, 1st to 14th June.
1991 New Brighton, Wirral, adult, intermittently,20th March to 20th April.
1990 New Brighton, Wirral, adult, 22nd, 24th and 29th April.
1979 Seacombe Ferry, Wirral, first-summer to second-winter, 21st August.
