Ross's Gull!

Ross's Gull is a bird that invokes awe and longing for every serious birder. This mythical rarity from the far north is annual in WP, and every single one is a crowdpuller. Ever since I started birdwatching I have wanted to see one, but rare birds are rare. When one was found in 2008 at Esbjerg Harbour, it stayed at the harbour for six months, and when I finally went with some other birders, I could finally see one! But that ONE day we were there, it was gone. It was there the day before and the day after, but such is life. Now 18 years later,  Bartal found one while I was at work on 21st January and I looked for it the two days later for 5 hours, with no luck and spent the entire weekend looking for it, again with no luck. 5th february it was found by Silas at Syðragøtu/Norðragøtu, I once again went the next day and spent six hours looking for it, where I found a large flock of Black-headed Gulls roosting 1,5km away, I stared at it for 1 hour, saw it for 1 second and further 45 minutes, I saw it fly out to the salmon farms for ten seconds! Ten seconds of Ross's Gull after 6 hours looking, what a bird! Though I was happy to see it, I really wanted to see it much better and almost get some photos. Now 32 days later it finally happened! Drove to Syðragøtu/Norðragøtu after work to do some light birding, where I put up the scope and started scanning the waves and whatever might fly around, when I saw a small group of Black-headed Gulls fly towards the harbour at Norðragøtu and behind them I saw a smaller(!) gull. Tiny, long-tailed, ternlike with very pale upperparts, conspiciously dark underwings and large "eyes" BOOM Ross's Gull! But sadly I had left my phone in the car, so I couldn't start videoing and I didn't want to go for the phone in fear of losing the bird. I followed the bird as it fought against the wind and then I realised that it would be heading straight for the harbour! I threw the scope into the car and drove the car towards the harbour, while calling Silas up to tell him, that the Ross's Gull was back. While on the phone I suddenly saw it fly around and Silas heard me shout out a long string of expletives! Before the car was even parked, I started taking photos and OMG OMG OMG, finally I got photos and awesome views of it. I spent further an hour looking for it over the dark, brooding waves while the wind was blowing and it was raining, but Silas refound it later after I left.

Finally. I have now seen and documented 16 different laridae species on Faroe Islands, with one being a new for the country, I only need to see Franklin's Gull and Ring-billed Gull, then I am all set.