Dave Bishop had another first sighting from this years fledglings, a Great Black Backed Gull ringed in June this year on the Portland Break Waters.
Great Black Backed Gull P:17D was seen just across Portland Harbour at Ferry Bridge on the 12th August.

Wayne Turner had another sighting of P:73C on the 14th August this time at Perelle Beach still on Guernsey.

Dave Bishop sighted P:11D on the 16th August in Lyme Bay at Chesil Cove a popular place for Sea Birds seen on the 16th August 2019.

Great Black Backed Gull P:73C is once more back at Chouet Landfill on Guernsey seen 12th August by Wayne Turner.

                                                              Photo Wayne Turner ©

Dave Bishop has given us our first sighting of one of this years fledgling Gulls from the Portland Harbour Break Waters.

Herring Gull 814 ringed 27th June and sighted at Ferrybridge on the 9th August. Not a vast distance just across Portland Harbour, although possibly its first major flight since taking to the air for the first time.

Deborah Saunders sighted on of last years Great Black Backed Gulls P:11D also at Ferrybridge on the same day 9th August.

                                                    Deborah Saunders ©

Mark Grantham from the West Cornwall Ringing Group sent in sightings of our Gulls.

Great Black Backed Gull P:89 seen 6th August at Southerly Point on the Lizard Cornwall
Great Black Backed Gull P:16B seen 8th August back at Coverack Cornwall


Another of Gulls has returned to one of its regular spots P:48B seen at West Bexington Dorset on the 8th August by Mike John Morse.

                                                         Mike John Morse ©

Ian MacLean has sent in three sightings from the Devon Axe Estuary.

Great Black Backed Gull P:62A has returned to the Axe Estuary after spending some time near to Chard on the Somerset Dorset Border seen on the 10th July.

Two Herring Gulls ringed in Seaton were also seen, HG 476 on the  9th & 22nd July and HG 478 on the 3rd July.

Chouet Landfill on the Island of Guernsey is officially closed but not to Gulls, two of our Great Black Backed Gulls are regular's to the Island.

Great Black Backed Gull P:43A (a Guernsey resident it would seem) and Great Black Backed Gull P:87C were both at Chouet on the 5th August sightings by Wayne Turner.

Photo P:43A Wayne Turner ©

Photo P:87C Wayne Turner ©

Great Black Backed Gull P:55C last seen at Lamiako Marshes near to Bilbao Northern Spain in May 2019, has moved North to the Isle des Re off the French West coast.

Seen at the Lilleau des Niges Nature reserve by Julien Gernigon on the 2nd August 2019, ringed originally in June 2018.