We have received our second sighting of one of our Gulls from the Gann Estuary Pembrokshire Wales.
Great Black Backed Gull P:28F ringed June 2022 on the Break Waters was seen at Gann on the 20th October by Brian Southern.
One of our Herring Gulls was also sighted earlier this year on the same estuary.
Lee Collins has sent in sightings from Dawlish Warren Devon following cold winds from Russia bringing an influx of Gulls.
On the 9th October Great Black Backed Gull P:21F made a return visit to Dawlish. Originally ringed June 2021 and seen at Dawlish in September 2021.
On the 19th October a well travelled Great Black Backed Gull P:41C made its first recorded visit to Dawlish.
It has roamed between London Docklands, the home counties and down to Perelle on Guernsey in the years since it was ringed in June 2016. Not a normal pattern for Gull to spend the majority of its time inland, a few of our GBBGull's have made similar movements.
Great Black Backed Gull P:73C is continuing its stay in the Perelle area of Guernsey seen there on the 18th October by Wayne Turner.
Two regular visitors to Perelle Beach Guernsey are Great Black Backed Gull P:38D
Our best known Great Black Backed Gull continues to its association with Perelle and Guernsey P:43A was seen in L'Eree Bay on the 18th September at Perelle on the 23rd September and L'Eree on the same day and back at Perelle on the 6th October, excellent site fidelity. Sighting Wayne Turner
Great Black Backed Gull P:27A shows a different pattern ringed June 2014 with first sighting at Perelle in August 2014 a couple of sightings there up to 2016 then nothing until 2021 and the next sighting at Perelle on the 10th October 2022. Sighting Wayne Turner
Herring Gull 712 ringed on the Break Waters was seen once more near the Jubilee Clock Weymouth Promenade on the 8th October. This is the only place that we have sightings for this Gull, where it goes in between times is till a mystery. Sighting by James Spooner
Shaun Grose of the WCRG sighted Great Black Backed Gull P:35F at Saint Gothian Sands Cornwall on the 9th October, having moved from its previous sighting position of Slapton Sands Devon and before then it was seen at Perelle Beach Guernsey.
Another Great Black Backed Gull P:22D ringed June 2021 first sighting was at Dungeness Kent Oct 2021 was seen at Boulogne sur Mer on the 6th October 2022 seen by Eric Petit-Berghem
