Our Great Black Backed Gulls recently sighted on the Axe Estuary Devon by Ian MacLean.

P:30B seen 14th Sept, last sighting was on the Axe in Jan 2018
P:64B seen 17th Sept, a regular visitor to the Axe
P:68C seen 18th Sept, a regular visitor to the Axe
P:95B seen 17th Sept, Last sighting was on Radipole Lake Weymouth and now back on the Axe
P:08A seen 19th Sept, last sighting was in Jan 2018 also on the Axe where it has been in between for the moment is a mystery.
P:31A seen 20th Sept, last sighting was 7 miles seaward of Brixham Devon

Malcolm Chapman sent in a sighting of P:76B seen at Broadsands Paignton Devon on the 6th September. Previous sighting was at Coverack Cornwall in January 2016.

P:76B was back at Broadsands on the 24th September sighting by Steve Hopper.

                                                Steve Hopper ©

Local to Portland sightings of our Great Black Backed Gulls thanks to Keith Pritchard

19th September
P:49B still present
P:74B
P:87C first sighting since ringing on the 19th June 2018

20th September
P:83 ringed June 2015

Great Black Backed Gull P:11B, ringed June 2013 was seen back on the Axe Estuary Devon on the 9th September.

Sighted by Mike Lock and sent in by Ian MacLean.

Keith Pritchard, whilst conducting his own Gull study sends in regular sightings of our Gulls from the Portland and Weymouth area.

Great Black Gull
P:49B seen on the 1st & 4th September on Portland
P:53C seen 8th September also in the Portland area.

Steve Lister on his  visit to Cornwall always looks out for Herring Gull 420, ringed December 2012 a regular in and around Hayle Cornwall. Steve's 5th sighting of this Gull was on the 6th September.

Rumour has it that its continued presence may have something to do with the Pastie shop on the Quay in Hayle.

Gulls are starting to move preparing for the winter, Ian MacLean has sent in a list from late August into early September from the Axe Estuary Devon.

Herring Gull 613 14^th August.  Second sighting since ringing

Herring Gull 476 20^th August.   Ringed locally in Seaton Devon

GBBGull P:77A 14^th August.  Last sighting was in  2016

GBBGull P;79A 14^th & 30^th August.  Axe regular

GBBGull P:81A 14^th August.  Ringed 2014

GBBGull P:64B 21^st August.   Ringed 2015

GBBGull P:11B 24^th, 28^th  August & 7^th September.   Ringed 2013

GBBGull P:88B 24^th August.  Ringed 2015

GBBGull P:87B 7^th September.  Ringed 2015

Great Black back Gull P:68C was seen at Dawlish Warren on the 7th September by Lee Collins.  Previous sightings from The River Otter, Axe Estuary and Dawlish all in Devon.

Great Black Backed Gull P:22B is still enjoying the delights of Saint Guenole Finnistere France, seen in August by Pierre Salaun. Although a leg injury sustained in May 2015 seems to have returned.

                                                     Pierre Salaun ©

Herring Gull 668 is still enjoying the IOW seen back at Shanklin Beach on the 4th September by Dave Kelsall.

Great Black Gull P:21C was seen at Beesands Devon on the 8th September by Nigel Hewston who found our details on the c-r birding web site.

Back in June Kevin Harris sent us a photo of one of our Great Black Back Gulls, with a question was it P:82A or P:62A?

After a good look at the photo or so we thought, it was decided that it was P:82A. Fine until 2nd September when Kevin sighted and photographed GBBG P:62A .

                                                  Kevin Harris ©

Back to the original photo which had a red tail making it look like an 8 although after turning and enlarging we decided that the original was also P:62A. Both seen at Chard reservoir Somerset not the usual place to see a GBBGull.

Robin Morrison was presumably on boat 7 miles of Brixham Devon early morning 2nd September where he sighted Great Black Back Gull P:31A.

                                                   Robin Morrison ©