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
Location	Date	Lon/Lat
Langstone Harbour, Hants	26/06/01	50.82N x 1.01W
Foreland, Nr. Bembridge, IOW	07/08/01	50.40N x 1.04W
Taw Estuary, Devon	09/08/01
Torridge Estuary, Devon	09/08/01	51.03N x 04.11W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	09/10/01	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	08/11/01	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	16/07/02	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	19/07/02	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	29/07/02	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	06/08/02	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	07/08/02	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandymount Strand, Co Dublin	16/08/02
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	18/08/02	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	21/08/02	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	12/09/02	53.17N x 06.07W
Gijon, Asturias Province, Spain	07/03/03	43.32N x 05.39W
Gijon, Asturias Province, Spain	11/03/03	43.32N x 05.39W
Reserve de Chanteloup, Marais D'Olonne	17/04/03	46.33N x 01.47W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	17/07/03	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	18/07/03	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	22/07/03	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	24/07/03	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	29/07/03	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	07/08/03	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	08/08/03	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	02/09/03	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	06/07/04	53.17N x 06.07W
Sandy Cove, Co Dublin	27/07/04	53.17N x 06.07W

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