Friday 28 June 2019

Wayne Turner had another sighting of our Great Black Backed Gull P:73C at the old Chouet landfill on Guernsey CI.

                                           Photo Wayne Turner ©  sighted 25th June 2019

This Gull seems to like Guernsey as does Wayne.

Saturday 22 June 2019

Great Black Backed Gull P:61C was ringed  on the 28th June 2016 and that's the last we heard of it.

Until now an email from Mark Grantham (West Cornwall Ringing Group) gave us our first sighting of this particular Gull since then.

Seen at Southerly Point on the Lizard, Cornwall 20th June 2019, there are just 8 days to go to the anniversary of the date that we ringed it.

Tuesday 11 June 2019

Great Black Backed Gull P:78C was ringed in June last year 2018 on the Portland Break Waters.

Seen at Rocquaine Bay Guernsey during November 2018 by Wayne Turner.

Now a new sighting from Jean Michel Sauvage on the 10th June 2019 at Boulogne sur mer, Pas de Calais France.

                                                     Photo Jean Michel Sauvage ©

Saturday 1 June 2019

Great Black Backed Gull P:46A ringed in June 2012 and sighted on Alderney Channel Islands later the same year.

Subsequently sighted during 2015 & 2016 on Looe Island Cornwall.

Two sightings from Down Derry Cornwall during 2017 both from Alan Payne.

P:46A has been resighted once more at Down Derry again by Alan Payne seen 29th May this year.