Derek Julian saw an adult Mediterranean Gull at Wilcove, Tamar Estuary, Cornwall,  on 8th January 2014. It was wearing a white darvic ring with a black legend reading 3K55.

A photograph can be viewed at https://www.flickr.com/photos/camelbirder/11906319715/

This turns out to be  the oldest Med Gull recorded in Cornwall, first ringed near Antwerp, Belgium in 1999, re ringed in 2006 and one that I first saw back in 2009

Summary of rings for individual:                                                                                 10953

Colour          Code of ring         Leg                     Ringing scheme         Metal ring                       Age of bird                 Ringing date           Ringing location   Ringer

Bruxelles    5T56371                                                    Bruxelles             5T56371                   >2CY                             19/04/1999    Berendrecht, Antwerpen, BELGIUM 51,2N 4,19E   Goris, Guido

White           3K55                            right                      Bruxelles             E907887                   >3CY                             29/04/2006    Berendrecht, Antwerpen, BELGIUM 51,2N 4,19E   Goris, Guido

Sightings for individual:                                                                                                    10953

White               3K55               v                       08/01/2009   Millbrook Lake, Torpoint, Cornwall, GB  50,21N 4,13W                                         Taggart, Bruce

White               3K55               v                       06/02/2009   Plym Estuary, Plymouth, Devon, GB  50,2N 4,1W                                                 McCarthy, Roy

White               3K55               v                       18/04/2009   Oye Plage, Les Huttes d’Oye, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE  50,59N 2,03E                Duponcheel, Camille

White               3K55               v                       23/01/2010   Plym Estuary, Plymouth, Devon, GB  50,2N 4,1W                                                        Aley, Pete

White               3K55               v                       27/04/2010   Durgerdam, Noord-Holland, NL  52,23N 5E                                               van der Waal, Willem

White               3K55               v                       07/05/2010   Kinseldam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL  52,22N 5,01                E  van der Waal, Willem

White               3K55               v                       13/05/2010   Kinseldam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL  52,22N 5,01E  at the nest  van der Waal, Willem

White               3K55               v                       19/05/2010   Kinseldam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL  52,22N 5,01E                 van der Waal, Willem

White               3K55               v                       12/02/2011   Strijen, Zuid-Holland, NL  51,46N 4,32E                                                                Muusse, Theo

White               3K55               v                       17/05/2011   Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL  52,31N 4,55E  prob breeds at the Kinseldam  Altenburg, Ruud

White               3K55               p                      11/04/2012   Kalverpolder, Zaanstreek, Noord-Holland, NL  52,29N 4,49W                           de Jager, Kees

White               3K55               v                       21/01/2013   Millbrook, Cornwall, GB  50,2N 4,13W  right leg cut                                               Nicholls, John

White               3K55               p                      26/03/2013   Pegwell bay, near Ramsgate, Kent, GB  51,19N 1,22E                                             Haughie, Scott

White               3K55               p                      19/06/2013   Marken Island, Noord-Holland, NL  52,27N 5,06E                                   van der Waal, Willem

White               3K55               v                       08/01/2014   Tamar Estuary, Cornwall, GB  50,22N 4,11W                                                      Julian, Derek

Total number of sightings :                                                          15