Laughing Gull

1). 1975 Low Hauxley, two, juveniles, 30th August.

(J. O'Sullivan and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 70: 447; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 80: 541, corr.).

3.0). 1984 North Shields, first-winter, 11th to 12th February; same, Newcastle-upon-Tyne General Hospital, 27th February to 12th and 17th March, 4th April, 27th to 28th July, 12th September to 1985; same, Seaton Burn, 12th May, 31st August.

(British Birds 77: plates 73 & 74; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 78: 554; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 552; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 80: 541; Birding World 3 (12): 418, photo).

3.1 1985 Newcastle-upon-Tyne General Hospital area and other localities, second-winter, throughout January and February to 18th March; also near Jesmond Dene, Newcastle, 23rd January, Tynemouth, 16th May; presumed same, now adult, Newcastle-upon-Tyne General Hospital area, 4th November to March 1986; same as 1984 Co. Durham/Northumberland.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 79: 552; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 80: 541).

3.2). 1986 Newcastle General Hospital, adult, first seen 1984 as first-winter, discontinuously, 1st January to 30th April, 4th August to 24th March 1987, photo; presumed returning individual.

(British Birds 79: plate 119; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 80: 541, plates 166 & 167; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 561; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 82: 527; Bowey & Newsome, 2012: photo).

3.3). 1987 Seaton Burn, adult, 31st March; presumed returning individual.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 81: 561).

4). 1999 Hallington Reservoir, adult, 20th February.

(M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 93: 254, 536).