Two Great Black Back Gull sightings from the Otter Estuary in Devon sent in by Peter Bennett.

Both seen on the 11th February 2018

GBBGull P:20B last seen on the Axe Estuary Devon in May 2016 until Peters sighting.

GBBGUll P:88B A regular visitor to the Axe Estuary Devon, now moving along the coast to the Otter Estuary.

The Herring Gull part of our study was running for 10 years before being incorporated it into the wider Study we know have.

Richard Bonser who normally sends us sightings from the London area of our Gulls, has sent in a sighting of a Herring Gull ringed in Weymouth by Steve Hales during July 2006.

Richard read the BTO metal ring on Radipole Lake Weymouth during a February 2018 visit probably to see the Ross's Gull. A previous sighting also a reading of the Metal BTO ring was in January 2015 by Richard Taylor.

Amazing what can be done with modern optics and loads of patience, well done fella's.

Great Black Back Gull P:35B ringed June 2015 on the Break Waters has been seen on two occasions at Dawlish Warren Devon in 2015 and in 2016.

Three times at La Caruna North West Spain during 2016 with a round trip to Dawlish in between two of those sightings and was seen again at La Caruna on the 24th Feb 2018 by Manu Santa- Cruz.

It holds the distance record as far as we know in our Portland Gull study.

A Herring Gull we ringed as a Pulli on the Break Waters in June 2014 has only been seen twice to date.

First sighting was by Peter Rock at Lower Compton Landfill  near Bristol and was in December 2016
The second sighting also by Peter Rock along with Nick Adams was at the same site was on 23rd February 2018.

A very discrete Herring Gull...!!!!

A first sighting of one of the Herring Gulls we ringed in June 2017 on the Portland Break Waters.

                                                                     Richard Cope ©


Herring Gull 687 photographed at Radipole Lake RSPB Reserve Weymouth Dorset 18th Feb 2018 thanks to Richard Cope for the sighting and photo.

Herring Gull 659 remains in the Lower Compton area near to Bristol.

Thanks to Nick Adams and Peter Rock for the sighting.

Great Black Back Gull P:41C was sighted at Bexley Landfill on the 18th Feb 2018 its second visit to the Thames and London area.

Previously being seen at Rotherhythe  with a visit to the AXE Estuary Devon in between.

Thanks to Rowland -Jan Buijs for the sighting along with Jim Spooner and Peter Rock for forwarding the sighting to us.