There's been an adult Mediterranean Gull wintering around the high street in Acomb, York. I popped over on my way to pick up Addie, with a bread crust in my pocket and feeling slightly anxious walking about in a busy shopping street with my bins and camera. The bird showed immediately or arrival, flying about with a few Black-heads. I lobbed some bread on to the road, and it dropped down right in front of me! Between feeding, it surveyed the scene from atop a chimney pot above Heron Foods. It wasn't happy if another gull took this spot and would return to chase them off usually with a few loud calls and a bit of display. My usual winter Med experience is from scouring the gull roost at Wheldrake, so this was a treat.
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