Gbbgull P:87H ringed 2nd July gave its first sighting at Abbotsbury Swannery Dorset on the 22nd August.

                                                        Photo and sighting Joe Stockwell

Gbbgull P:05K was seen on the Otter Estuary Devon on the 7th August ringed 2nd July 2024, sighting by Rick Lockwood.

Perelle Beach Guernsey is receiving regular visits of colour ringed Gulls, Wayne Turner is sending in regular sightings of our Gulls.

GBBGull P:42B seen 18th August ringed 2014 previous sightings in Cornwall, Dorset and Guernsey.

GBBGull P:63D seen 21st August ringed June 2014. 23 sightings so far and all from Guernsey.

Photo Wayne Turner

Mark Cutts is keeping us up dated on our Gulls that are in the Gull roost on Portland.

Sighting from the 23rd August all GBBGull's.

P:18C ringed June 2019 

P:21H ringed June 2023 first sighting since ringing

P:47B ringed June 2014 

P:13B this Gull was sighted back on the Break Waters in the colony in May this year

P:59F ringed June 2022 tis is the first sighting since ringing

Sightings 26th August 

P:13D ringed June 2018 previous sighting was at Perelle Beach on the 8th August 2024 on Portland 26th August

P:06D ringed June 2019 last sighting in July 2022 

                                                             P:06D photo Mark Cutts

 Sightings of Gulls from all projects are amatter of the right person being in the right place at the right time to send in their sightings.

Mike Hill ha sent in threee sightings from the Axe Estuary Devon all from the 19th August.

GBBGull P:46B last seen in NOvember 2019 nice to know it is still ok after nearly a 5 year break

GBBGull P:04D back after just over a year of not being seen, equally welcome news.

GBBGull P:62A is virtually a daily visitor to the Axe at the moment, there must be a good local food supply.

 GBBGull P:05D has returned to view and Perelle Beach Guernsey after an abscence of nearly 2 years with out a sighting.

Seen at Perelle on the 15th August by Wayne Turner.

Photo Wayne Turner.

A first sighting from one of last years youngsters ringed June 2023.

GBBGull P:91F photgraphed from the stern of Brittany Ferries Pont Avon entering Plymouth Sound on the 11th August. Photo Peter Roberts.

 Judging by the number of sightings given by our Great Black Backed Gulls the Autumn migration is under way, 9 in the last week.

Our first sighting from this years ringing GBBGull P:05K ringed 2nd July and sighted on the 7th August to west on the Otter Estuaty in Devon by Rick Lockwood..

Photo Rick Lockwood

Mike Hill sighted GBBGull P:62A on 4 occasions on the Axe Estuary Devon along with 

P;99C 8th Augusand P:87B on the 10th August.

Over on Guernsey Wayne Turner sighted 4 of our GBBGulls.

P:38D at Perelle on the 7th August

P:13D at Perelle on the 8th August ringed June 2021 this is the 3rd sighting since then.

P:43A at L'Eree for a change of scene on the 9th August

P:73C a Perelle regular since ringing in June 2016

To finnish this post GBBGull P:58A one of the first ringed at the start of our project in June 2012. Sighted back on Portland in a field just above the Bill by Mark Cutts on the 14th August after a 6 year gap.

The last sighting was August 2018 also on Portland.

 GbbGull P:89F has now visited the Axe Estuary having been to Guernsey and West Bexington Dorset since it was ringed in June 2023. Sighting by Mike Hill who also noted GBBGull P;62A was still in the Axe Estuary area on the 27th and 31July.

Over on Guernsey on the 4th August GBBGull P;38D made a return visit to Perelle Beach Guernsey seen by Wayne urner.  It has made 2 visits that we know of to Perelle so far and 1 visit to Jersey since being ringed in June 2021.

                                                               Photo Wayne Turner.