On the 19th December a report of 2C19 came through. We were very pleased to receive this observation as there had been none since the bird was caught in one of our garden mist nets coming to food on 6th June 2022. The bird was adult and probably a local breeder. We had resorted to garden catching when we did not attempt pulli catching of breeding gull colonies due to the presence of at Avian Influenza.
2C19 reported by Bob Haycock
All of our summer ringed gulls have moved westerly, whether to the north or south. This gull winters at the most westerly location reported so far, Pembroke castle in Pembrokeshire on Mill pond.
Duration: 561 days Distance: 417 km Direction: 252deg (WSW)
2C19, Ringed 6th June 2022
Pembroke Castle.