First sign of possible breeding with one of our GBBGulls has come from Wayne Turner on Guernsey. Wayne visited a Gull colony off the coast Of Guernsey recently and sighted GBBGull P:43A back on her probable breeding site of 2022. There was no sign of her there in 2023.

                                                              Photo Wayne Turner.

 One of our oldest Great Black Backed Gulls has returned to Perelle Beach Guernsey seen there on the 31st March. The last visit was back in January.

She has bred previously on Lihou Island will she do the same this year only time will tell us that.

The blue circle is GBBGull P:43A

                                                           P:43A photo's Wayne Turner

This was the 148th sighting of this Gull on Guernsey since ringing June 2012.

 Thanks to Claire Lewis on Looe Island Cornwall we have the first sighting since ringing of GBBGull P:25D seen on the 17th February.

Originally ringed as a pulli June 2021.

                                                                       Photo Claire Lewis

 A regular visitor to the Camel estuary in Cornwall is GbbGull P:12F seen there on 5 occasions since ringing in June 2021 and back there on the 15th March seen by Jane Duffy and Stan Christophers.

Its first sighting after fledging was in Padstow Cornwal December 2021.

 Gbbgull P:41C has travelled to various different locations mainly inland since it was ringed as a Pulli in June 2016.

We have received 38 sightings to date coming into us every year since ringing except for 2023. We were very pleased to receive a sighting from Silver Lake to the East of Dorchester from Paul Harris seen there on the 11th March, with several other c-r Gulls but the distance was to great to read all the rings.

So far P:41C has been seen in the old Dockland's area of London, gravel pits in Hertfordshire, and Buckinghamshire, one sighting back on Portland in 2021, two sites in Devon and one on Guernsey. But nothing for 2023 although 2024 has started well for this Gull.

 Now that the Chouet Landfill is closed on Guernsey the number of sightings from there have dropped off with Perelle being more popular as a roost site. It is nice when we get a sighting from there it shows Chouet to be still of some interest to the Gulls.

A new observer to us but not to Wayne Turner who asked Andy Stoaling to forward his sighting to us for our records, GBBGull P:73C was at Chouet on the 14^th February.

Photo Andy Stoaling.

Ringed June 2016 a frequent visitor to Guernsey with appearances at Dawlish warren in Devon and Normandy.

GBBGull P:62A is a regular visitor to the Devon Axe Estuary alternating with sightings to the North in the Chard area of Somerset and over in Dorset.

Seen on the 11th February by Donna Spencer this time it was on the Seaton Wetland Reserve which is seperated from the Estuary by the Heritage Tramway. The seasonal guided Bird watching trips by Tram give an excellent view over the Estuary and Wet Lands.

                                                                        Photo Donna Spence

Originally ringed June 2014 as Pulli before fledging.