A seagull rescued from a bin in Scotland has been noticed residing it up 1,800 miles away on a Moroccan seashore after embarking on his very personal Gulliver’s Travels.
The lesser black-backed gull, named Gulliver, was taken into the care of the Scottish SPCA final Could after getting trapped in a garbage bin in Paisley, Renfrewshire.
The distressed and saggy hen weighed solely 645 grams, 20% lower than he ought to have.
Gulliver was nursed again to well being on the charity’s nationwide wildlife rescue centre in Fishcross, Clackmannanshire, the place he obtained round the clock care.
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Gulliver was nursed again to well being on the charity’s nationwide wildlife rescue centre in Clackmannanshire. Pic: Scottish SPCA
After two weeks of rehabilitation, Gulliver was deemed match for launch and fitted with metallic and plastic rings within the hope of monitoring his progress.
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Gulliver travelled from Fishcross in Clackmannanshire to Agadir Seaside in Morocco
Senior veterinary surgeon Liam Reid stated: “It was unbelievable to search out out Gulliver was doing so nicely almost 200 days after his launch.
“Where possible we ring birds prior to release. This gives us a passive form of post-release monitoring and we get a lot of good data back from this.”
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Agadir is a metropolis alongside Morocco’s southern Atlantic coast. Pic: Reuters
Mr Reid added: “The success of Gulliver’s rehabilitation and launch clearly reveals the long-term results of our laborious work and that what we do makes a long-lasting distinction to those animals.
“It’s so uplifting to see the animals we release back into the wild can go on to not just survive but thrive and in Gulliver’s case migrate as normal.”
In 2024 alone, the Scottish SPCA launched 2,562 animals again into the wild.
Enjoyable info in regards to the lesser black-backed gull
• The lesser black-backed gull is barely smaller than a herring gull• It has a darkish gray to black again and wings, a yellow invoice and yellow legs• It’s an omnivore and scavenges a variety of meals• The species is on the UK amber checklist amid issues about its declining numbers• The gull breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe• The UK is house to 40% of the European inhabitants, most of that are discovered at a handful of web sites• The species is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa• Though as soon as a fantastic rarity in North America and previously solely a winter customer, the species is now recorded throughout the pond year-round
