Not Sydney

A black headed gull in its winter plumage beginning to trust me to eat the extra mussels I threw out.
My friendly black headed gull, Sydney, who returned every winter for the last 7 years to be hand fed by me, never arrived this year.
Rather sad thinking the dreaded bird flu might have got him, or he might have just been too old. Last year he returned looking the worse for wear but he picked up after a few months of eating regularly.