The Ross's Gull is a small gull of the High Arctic, its breeding grounds being in Eastern Siberia and the far north of North America. The closest wintering grounds are in the Barens Sea so it is a rare vagrant to the UK. The bird photographed here is a 1st winter bird which was found on the shores of Loch Caolisport at Ormsary, a small village on the west coast of the Kintyre peninsula. Another dull, short Scottish winter's day making photography difficult again.