Great Black Backed Gull P;63D made another visit to Perelle Beach Guernsey on the 23rd October seen by Wayne Turner.

                                                              P:63D photo Wayne Turner

All sightings so far after ringing in June 2019 have been at Perelle Beach.

Another Gull returning to a favourite site is Great Black Backed Gull P:12F once more seen on the Camel Estuary Cornwall, seen there by Jane Duffy and Stan Christophers on the 30th October.

Ringed June 2021 seen on the Camel Est in March and once more in October 2022.

 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

                                                   Photo Wayne Turner sighting 12th October 

                                                   Photo Wayne Turner seen 13th October

The only sightings so far of these two Great Black Backed gulls have come from Perelle Beach, there possible habit is to go out to mid channel feed then return to Guernsey. Maybe one day we will know.

 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

                                                   Photo Eric Petit-Berghem

 

It has been very busy recently and now is the time to catch up with sight                                                       

Great Black Backed Gull P:35F was seen at Colin Best Nature reserve Guernsey on the 5th September at 10.50am by Wayne Turner and relocated shortly after wards in L'Eree bay at 11.20am also Guernsey.

The same gull was seen shortly after on the 16th September at Slapton Sands Devon by Perry Sanders.

                                                                    Photo Perry Sanders

Also on the 16th at Slapton sands was Great Black Backed Gull P:52F sighting from Perry.

Going back to the 5th September Great Black Backed Gull P:43F was seen at Perelle Beach Guernsey by Mark Guppy.

Again at Perelle but on the 11th September was Great Black Backed Gull P:38D seen by Dave Murray and Wayne Turner.

Over in Calvados Normandy France on the 13th September Great Black Backed Gull P:99D was sighted by Gilbert Vimard at Grand-Camp Maisy in the Port.

The last sighting for the moment comes from Cornwall at Saint Gothian sands on the 24th September of Great Black Backed Gull P:03D seen by Shaun Grose and passed on by the West Cornwall Ringing Group.

An interesting example of Gull movements from this years fledgelings.

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Slapton Sands Devon is providing a magnet for our Gulls and Gulls from other studies and Perry Sanders is providing regular sightings to us all.

GBBGull P:32D returned to Slapton on the 29th August, originally ringed June 2019 it has been seen twice on Guernsey once at Alderney and twice at Slapton.

                                             P:32D is just off centre of the photo. (Perry Sanders)

Perelle Beach on Guernsey is the place to find Great Black Backed Gulls P:38D and P;73C (which was ringed in June 2016) all sightings for them both are from Guernsey.

Finally for this post a first sighting from one of this years fledgelings, seen at Lodmoor Nature Reserve Weymouth Dorset on the 3rd September.

Ringed on the Break Waters on the 15th June 2022. Hopefully more sightings of this young Gull and its fellow fledgelings will follow.