A second Ring-billed Gull at Dale

I took Paul down to see the Black Duck at Marloes this afternoon, which showed on a small pool back right as you look from the hide at around 4.15pm. We then went to the Gann, where we had the first-year Ring-billed Gull in the ploughed field above the road (best viewed from the Pickleridge - look across the road). In the roost we had 9 Med Gulls (2 ads - calling!, 4 2nd years & 3 1st years) and a second-winter Ring-billed Gull - a really subtle bird (and I thought the first-year was subtle)..... It has a long, but quite thin bill, which initially caused concern, but on checking Gulls the bill measurements do overlap with Common Gull so this is presumably just an extremely small example. Everything else was classic - pale mantle, no scapular crescent, indistinct tertial crescent, square headed, attentuated rear end and, in flight, a single mirror on p10, black marks on the outer primary coverts, and a deep chest (it was clean tailed). Also 17 Brents here, a Knot, a Grey Plover, 4 Ringed Plover, 4 Dunlin & 2 Redshank.

ps - if you enjoy the odd beer and enjoyed the Black Duck, by way of celebration can I recommend you treat yourself to a bottle of the appropriately named "kwak" which is on sale in Tesco (it's Belgian - www.bestbelgianspecialbeers.be)!!!