Colour ringed Med. Gull at Moor Green Lakes

8 July 2005 | Bruce Archer

On 30 April a colour ringed (2C31 on left leg) adult Med Gull was seen by Bob Warden at Moor Green Lakes (on the Berks/Hants border).

It turns out to be a bird ringed at Langstone Harbour as a chick on 26 June 2001 (ring no. EG45331). It has subsequently been reported a further 27 times.

Sightings of 2C31
LocationDateLon/Lat
Langstone Harbour, Hants26/06/0150.82N x 1.01W
Foreland, Nr. Bembridge, IOW07/08/0150.40N x 1.04W
Taw Estuary, Devon09/08/01
Torridge Estuary, Devon09/08/0151.03N x 04.11W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin09/10/0153.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin08/11/0153.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin16/07/0253.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin19/07/0253.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin29/07/0253.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin06/08/0253.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin07/08/0253.17N x 06.07W
Sandymount Strand, Co Dublin16/08/02
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin18/08/0253.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin21/08/0253.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin12/09/0253.17N x 06.07W
Gijon, Asturias Province, Spain07/03/0343.32N x 05.39W
Gijon, Asturias Province, Spain11/03/0343.32N x 05.39W
Reserve de Chanteloup, Marais D'Olonne17/04/0346.33N x 01.47W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin17/07/0353.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin18/07/0353.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin22/07/0353.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin24/07/0353.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin29/07/0353.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin07/08/0353.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin08/08/0353.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin02/09/0353.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin06/07/0453.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin27/07/0453.17N x 06.07W

I am told that this impressive record is dwarfed by some birds for which there over 250 reported sightings!

© 2005 Bruce Archer