Ring-billed Gull

On the balcony of our cruise ship leaving Dover. This bird hitched a ride with us for a couple of days.

They are migratory and most move south to the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of North America, also the Great Lakes.

This gull is a regular wanderer to western Europe. In Ireland and Great Britain it is no longer classed as a rarity, with several birds regularly wintering in these countries.