GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL

The main news of the past week was the rediscovery of the long-staying 3rd-summer GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL at Beddington Sewage Works (Surrey), dropping in for just 45 minutes roosting on one of the bunds before continuing east with a large passage of immature Herring Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Gary Messenbird and Johnnie Allan). It is likely that the bird will move east towards Holland, possibly stalling at Dungeness, Cley North Scrape or Beacon Ponds, Kilnsea, on route.