Breeding ‘Baltic Gulls’ from the Horsvær archipelago in Norway and the occurrence of such birds in Britain

By Carl Baggott, Morten Helberg and Mars Muusse Abstract In this paper we describe the status of the Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus breeding in the Horsvær archipelago, an important colony in northwest Norway, from which at least 15 colour-marked individuals have been sighted in Britain. The birds’ plumage, long wings and general appearance match the characters of ‘Baltic

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