I have just
received the latest information on the location of Laura the Baltic Gull who
was satellite tagged in Sweden outside the Ume River Delta on 28 June 2013.
Laura was an adult female breeding Baltic Gull when she had the transmitter fitted.
Since then she has travelled to the
Jizan area of south-west Saudi Arabia where she has spent the past three months
and looks likely to spend the rest of the winter. Per Hansson is in charge of
the project and sent me the latest data a couple of days ago. Per is trying to
find someone who will be in Jizan who could photograph the bird or more likely
the flock of birds where she is staying so he can add a photograph to the data
he has collected so far. If anyone goes to Jizan and is willing to try to
photograph the birds please let me know and I will pass on the details to Per
who can supply updated location data of where she is. Laura has spent the
majority of her time in a relatively small area south of Jizan near to the
Yemen boarder.
