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Whisby Nature Park welcomes chick for first time in its history (www.bbc.co.uk)

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A species of bird has been born at a nature reserve in Lincolnshire for the first time in its history.

The Mediterranean gull chick was spotted by volunteers at Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust's Whisby Nature Park on 27 June.

The park said its the first time the species has hatched at the site, as nesting Mediterranean gulls have always failed at the incubation stage on prior occasions.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A species of bird has been born at a nature reserve in Lincolnshire for the first time in its history.The Mediterranean gull chick was spotted by volunteers at Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust's Whisby Nature Park on 27 June.The park said its the first time the species has hatched at the site, as nesting Mediterranean gulls have always failed at the incubation stage on prior occasions.Estimated to be around a week old, senior warden Grahame Hopwood said the chick is being monitored and appears to be "strong and healthy".

The reserve has one of the largest black-headed gull colonies in Lincolnshire, which first attracted Mediterranean gulls to the site around 15 years ago.This year marks the first time the species has returned to the reserve for around seven years.Mr Hopwood said if the chick successfully fledges in three to four weeks, it will mark the first time this has also happened at the site.

It's a very good record for Whisby Nature Park.

"The Facebook post by Whisby Nature Park reads: "We're delighted to say that we have a Mediterranean Gull chick on the Thorpe Lake islands.

"A very rare UK bird until the 1950s, the Mediterranean gull is now common throughout the South and East Coast of the country.

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