By Frances Burscough
PUBLISHED08/07/2016
Britain may be heading out of the EU, but a rare Mediterranean gull - a species normally found around the shores of Greece, Turkey and the Black Sea - has taken residence at the Harbour Estate in Belfast Docks and successfully bred for the first time in the city.
Although Mediterranean gulls are notoriously difficult to identify because of their similarity to the common Black-headed gull, this one happened to nest in full view of Northern Ireland's most knowledgeable bird experts at the RSPB's Window on Wildlife Reserve - and it certainly ruffled a few feathers in the process.
In fact, twitchers from all over Ireland have been flocking to the Airport Road West reserve to catch a glimpse of the bird ever since.
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