A round up of sightings on the Axe Estuary Devon by one of our regular observers of our Gulls.

GBBGull's

P:08A seen 24th ,25th April also 10th May an Axe regular
P:25A ringed June 2012 1st sighting was in Jan 2013 2nd sighting 24th April 2017
P:62A previous sighting was in May 2016 and now 26th April also on the Axe
P:97A seen 27th April an Axe regular
P:79A seen 7th may an axe regular.

Herring Gulls on the Axe

472 ringed locally to the Axe seen 25th April
652 ringed in Weymouth Dorset June 2016 seen 9th May
640 ringed June 2016 on the Portland Port Break Waters seen 7th May

Our first ever off shore sighting came in from a Fishing Boat out in the Channel seen 18th May.

                                                                       Tom Russel ©
Tom reports it regularly visits his boat, an open Bait box is obviously attractive !