Shibden Park, Halifax, today and an early contender for the “Who has the Darkest Head at Christmas?” competition!

a) site: Shibden Park, Halifax
b) date: 25 Nov 2025
c) Number of adults: 118
d) Number of juveniles: 12

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Nothing too exciting amongst the many Black-headed Gulls in Shibden Park, Halifax today but BHG 233K did apparently visit Rodley Nature Reserve last winter.

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The Black-headed Gull TCML seen in Shibden Park, Halifax, on 5th September 2025 was ringed (as an adult) in Poland on 28 June. 🇵🇱
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Welcome back Black-headed Gull 228K who has finally returned to Shibden Park, Halifax, after being spotted in Sweden LAST year then going AWOL for almost 18 months!
🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪

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Black-headed Gull “Joe 90” was back in Shibden Park, Halifax, yesterday after appearing at The National Theatre in Oslo in April.
He has an impressive flight log and this will be his third winter in Halifax.

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Black-headed Gull 236K is back in Shibden Park, Halifax, after an excursion to Nosterfield Nature Reserve in North Yorkshire
Presumably they must breed there?
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Gull numbers in Shibden Park, Halifax, are now dwindling as migration commences.
Only three colour-ringed BHGs seen today and 223K (pictured here) was already in Sweden by 6th April last year. 🇸🇪

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BHG 243T in Shibden Park, Halifax today. Another youngster who is going to hopefully provide useful data when he/she travels this summer 😀

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