Historical record of Grey-headed Gull emerges

Graeme Risdon has submitted to SBRC a record form with supporting photographs (above) of a Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus at Victoria harbour, on 19 February and again on 26 February 1995. 

There have been no confirmed Seychelles records of this species to date. There is a published report from Farquhar that pre-dates the formation of SBRC, but unfortunately, details could not be traced. for confirmation. Also, SBRC has accepted 6 records as  indeterminate between Black-headed Gull C. ridibundus, Brown-headed Gull C. brunnicephalus and Grey-headed Gull.