Monday, 9 May 2022

 GBBGull P:62A was back on the Devon Axe seen by Ian McLean on the 22nd march ringed in 2014. An Axe regular with flights up to Chard on the Somerset Dorset Border.

GBBGull P:89D is becoming a regular visitor to Newlyn Harbour in Cornwall, latest sighting from Shaun Grose passed on by Mark Grantham West Cornwall Ringing Group. Seen on the 8th May originally ringed in June 2021.

Friday, 22 April 2022

 A very welcome sighting from the North of Dorchester, inland sightings are not all that common.

Great Black Backed Gull P:20C seen in a filed on the 21st April by Allan Reese.

Photo Allan Reese.

Only two previous sightings since ringing in June 2017, from the Lizard and Newlyn Harbour Cornwall.


Wednesday, 20 April 2022

 Always a pleasure to receive a sighting of one of our Gulls.

Great Black Backed Gull P:05D made a return visit to Perelle Beach Guernsey on the 19th April, seen there by Wayne Turner.

                                                                Photo Wayne Turner

Ringed on the Portland Break Waters in June 2019.


Monday, 4 April 2022

 Shaun Grose of the West Cornwall Ringing Group sighted Great Black Backed Gull P:89D once more at Newlyn Harbour Cornwall on the 2nd April the second sighting of this fledgling ringed in June last year.


Saturday, 12 March 2022

 Gull sightings are still down on previous seasons why remains a mystery, one possibility is the regular storms coming through the channel.

Great Black Backed gull P:12F has given us its second sighting since ringing in June 2021. Seen in the Camel estuary Cornwall on the 11th October by Jane Duffy and Stan Christophers.

The previous sighting was at Padstow December 2021.



Wednesday, 2 March 2022

 A short post to say thanks to Shaun Grose and Mark Grantham of the West Cornwall Ringing Group for the sighting of Great Black Backed Gull P:89D seen at Newlyn Harbour Cornwall on the 20th February by Shaun.

First sighting since ringing in June 2021.


Thursday, 24 February 2022

 Chard Junction reservoir is mostly situated in Somerset except for a part which is in Dorset. That is the section favoured by Great Black Backed Gull P:13B seen there on the 23rd February by Dave Hellier.


                                                                     Photo Dave Hellier