Slender-billed Gull

Chroicocephalus genei (Brème, 1839) (0, 10)

Photo © Kris Webb

STATUS

Eurasia and Africa. Monotypic.

OVERVIEW

Arrival dates are between 28th April and 21st July. Two together have occurred twice in Norfolk.

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RECORDS

1). 1960 Sussex Langney Point, first-summer, 19th and 22nd June, 6th and 10th July.

(D. D. Harber, British Birds 55: 169-171, 566; BOURC (1963), Ibis 105: 289).

2). 1963 Sussex Rye Harbour Gravel-pits, immature, 28th April.

(R. H. Charlwood, British Birds 57: 81-82; D. D. Harber and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 57: 270).

3.0). 1971 Kent Dungeness, adult, 21st July to 1st August, 31st August to 6th and 12th September; also in Suffolk.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 65: 336; K. Redshaw, British Birds 65: 395-397).

3.1). 1971 Suffolk Minsmere RSPB, adult, 15th August; presumed same as Kent individual.

(F. R. Smith and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 65: 336; K. Redshaw, British Birds 65: 397).

4). 1987 Norfolk Cley Marshes and Blakeney Harbour, two, probably a pair, 12th to 15th May, photo.

(M. Gilbert, Twitching 1: 120-121; British Birds 80: plate 215; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 562, plate 288; Birding World 6 (4): 139, photo; P. Varney, Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 1987: 101-102, photo; Saunders, 1991: 100, photo; Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 1992: photo).

6). 1999 Kent Grove Ferry, adult, 5th May; same, Monks' Wall, 6th to 8th May, photo.

(C. Abrams, Birding World 12 (5): 201-204, photos; Birding World 12 (12): 490, photo; British Birds 92: plate 112; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 93: 537, plate 318; Kent Bird Report 1999: plate 12).

7). 2000 Norfolk Cley-next-the-Sea, two, adults, 5th May, photo.

(Birding World 13 (5): 174, photo; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 93: 569, plate 185; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 478; B. Dawson, Norfolk Bird & Mammal Report 2000: 284, photo).

9). 2000 Kent Dungeness, adult, 30th to 31st May.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 94: 478).

10). 2014 Norfolk Titchwell Marsh RSPB, adult, 26th May, photo.

(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 592, plate 341).