A regular visitor to Portland Bill is Great Black Backed Gull P:49B with the occasional visit to Dungeness RSPB Reserve in Kent. Ringed in June 2015 on the Break Waters.

Seen at Portland Bill on the 22nd September 2019 by Bill Garn.

Just a Great Black Backed Gull like all the others, but P:43A has one big exception in its favour, this one Gull has produced 91 sightings since ringing in June 2012.

The latest from L'Eree Beach on Guernsey Channel Islands, seen on the 26th Sept 2019.

                                                 Photo and sighting by Wane Turner ©

Another of the Herring Gull Pulli ringed on the Break Waters in June this year has produced its first sighting.

Herring Gull 768 was seen on the 25th September at Park Grounds Landfill near to Bristol by Peter Rock and Nick Adams.

One of our team Luke sighted one of this years Herring Gull's 712 on the Beach at Weymouth, seen on the 23rd September. Ringed as a Pulli on the North East Break Water in June 2019.

Great Black Backed Gull P:35B has left La Coruna in North West Spain and was sighted at Trunvel-Treogat Nature Reserve in  Bretagne France on  the Atlantic Coast  web site  fauneocean.fr  Sighting from Sylvain Reyt seen on the 23rd September.

Another Great Black Backed Gull P:73C is continuing its stay on Guernsey CI. Seen on the beach at Perelle also 23rd September sighting by Wayne Turner.

                                                      A superb photo by Wayne Turner©

Ian Maclean had four sightings of our Great Black Backed Gulls on the Devon Axe Estuary during August this year.

P:88B seen on the 8th & 14th August last sighting was off Swanage Dorset in May
P:62A seen 14th August
P:79C seen 23rd August (first sighting since ringing in June 2019)






A first sighting of a Herring Gull hatched and ringed this June on the Break Waters.
Herring Gull 805 seen at Chard Reservoir Somerset on the 16th September by Dave Helliar.

                                                                   Photo Dave Helliar©

Dave Murray spending some time on the Island of Guernsey sent in two sightings of our Great Black Backed Gulls.

  Great Black Backed Gull P:73C regular visitor to Guernsey photo Dave Murray, seen 10th September

                                                                  Photo Dave Murray

   Great Black Backed Gull P:78C ringed June 2018 seen in Guernsey soon after fledging then two sightings from Bolougne sur Mer France and now back on Guernsey seen 9th September

Continuing its stay in Northern France. Great Black Backed Gull P:38B has moved along the Normandy coast to the West being seen at Ver-sur-Mer on the 4th September, sighting by Griff Warilow.

Two new sightings of our Great Black Backed Gulls both continuing to stay in the same places as their last sightings.

Pajol Maxence sighted GBBG P:55C on two occasions on the Isle de Re Charente Maritime France.

First was on 22nd August at Chenal Villages and the second on the 28th August at Saint -Clement les Baleines.

Wayne Turner sighted GBBG P:43A once more back at Chouet Landfill on Guernsey on the 3rd September.

Following a visit to Dungeness Great Black Backed Gull P:49B has made a return visit to Portland seen on the 1st September by Roy Norris.

                                                          Roy Norris©