Our last post for 2020 nice to see it is a Herring Gull for a change.
Peter Rock and Nick Adams found Herring Gull 812 while checking through the flock at Lower Compton Landfill near Bristol seen there on the 30th December 2020.
The Gull was originally ringed in June 2019 on the Break Waters, where it has been in the meantime must remain a mystery.
Despite the best the Coevid virus can throw at all of us Birds still carry on life as normal including our colour ringed Gulls.
Great Black backed Gull P:18D has supplied its second sighting since ringing in June 2019, once more seen in Coverack Harbour Cornwall. Seen on the 19th December by Mark Grantham.
We have ringed a few Black Headed Gulls with Metal rings only on Radipole Lake, as they are a Winter only visitor to our area.
When sightings come in they are very welcome.
Renaud Flamant sent in a c-r reading from one of herring Gulls at Radipole Lake Weymouth and while he was there he read two of our Black Headed Gulls rings.
The Gull roost in Weymouth does have regular visits from other European ringing schemes ringed Birds.
BHG EL69357 ringed in December 2007 seen on the 4th & 6th December 2020
BHG EW64501 ringed in January 2011 seen on the 6th December 2020
We are always happy to receive Gull sightings, Great Black Backed making up the majority (not a complaint you understand) so it is great when we receive Herring Gull sightings for a change.
Renaud Flamant sent us three sightings of Herring Gull 773 all from the car park next to Radipole Lake.
Seen 3rd,4th, & 5th December, so far all sightings of this Gull have been at Radipole Lake. It would be very easy to say this HG goes nowhere and stays in Weymouth all the time, although without more sightings from Weymouth or else where we can't be sure.
Another Herring Gull 809 ringed June 2019 on the Break Waters has made its second visit to Lower Compton Landfill near Bristol. Seen there by Nick Adams on the 4th December.
Gulls from Weymouth are frequent visitors to this Landfill, which goes some way to prove that the Gulls in Weymouth are not all sedentary.
Great Black Backed Gull P:41C has a liking for the London and Home Counties, since ringing in June 2016 there has been more sightings of this Gull in and around London than anywhere else.
The first sighting came in 2016 from Rotherhithe London part of the Old London Docklands. In 2017 it was down on the Axe estuary in Devon.
2018 it was seen at a Landfill at Bexley South East London and back on Portland. 2019 it had moved round to Buckinghamshire and Little Marlow, seen there twice. Up into Hertfordshire in 2020 then over to Guernsey before returning to Hertfordshire and Stockers Lake Rickmansworth where it was sighted by Paul Graham on the 1st December.
