The stormy weather along the south coast has sent some of our Gulls into the Axe Estuary for shelter, and thanks to Ian MacLean and Mike Lock we have a list of sightings.

Great Black Backed Gull's 

P:99C seen 6th October, ringed in a garden along the Devon Dorset Border has been sighted in Devon and Somerset.

P:62A seen 12th October, has visited Cornwall, Somerset and Devon

P:48B seen 15th October, regular in Devon and Dorset

P:88B seen 15th October, has voyaged between Dawlish Warren Devon, Swanage Bay Dorset, and Guernsey Channel Islands

P:97A seen 15th October, a Devon regular

P:63B seen 21st October, has ranged from Cornwall to Dungeness in Kent

Herring Gull

Mike Lock sighted Herring Gull 568 ringed in Weymouth a regular visitor to the delights of the Bristol landfill sites, decided a change of view was needed and travelled down to the Axe seen on the 21st October.

Ian MacLean is a keen ring reader on the Devon Axe Estuary, sending us regular sightings of our Gulls.

Herring Gull 473 (ringed in Seaton Devon) seen on the 16th September 2019, last sighting was on the Axe in November 2018.

Great Black Backed Gull P:84C was seen on the 18th September 2019, last sighting was on the Axe in October 2018.

Great Black Backed Gull P:99C was seen on the 22nd September 2019, ringed locally to the Axe in a colleagues garden.

Great Black Backed Gull P:97A was seen on the 29th September 2019, last sighting was in October 2018

Annie Irving on a visit to Portland Dorset sighted one of our Great Black backed Gulls P:49B seen 28th September 2019 at the Bill.

                                           Photo Annie Irving ©

Annie has a daily nature blog  https://earthstar.blog/