Azorean Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis atlantis Dwight, 1922 (0, 3)
Photo © Cinty Ionescu from Bucharest, Romania, this edit MPF, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Sub-species
STATUS
Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands.
OVERVIEW
The third individual toured the Midlands, even spending a couple of days in Yorkshire during its six years of visiting Britain.
BBRC RECORDS
1). 2005 Outer Hebrides Craigston, Barra, 4CY+, 10th September, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 597; A. M. Stoddart & C. J. McInerny, British Birds 110: 666-674, plate 367; BOURC (2018) Ibis 160: 941; C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 584; R. W. Forrester, Scottish Birds 40: 212; BOURC (2019), Ibis 162: 264).
2). 2008 Cornwall Sennen and nearby areas, 2CY, 28th July to 11th November, photo.
(M. Elliott, Birding World 21 (11): 462-466, plates 1-9; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 597; BOURC (2017), Ibis 159: 239; A. M. Stoddart & C. J. McInerny, British Birds 110: 666-674, plates 368 & 369).
3.00). 2009 Oxfordshire Didcot, 4CY+, 5th October to 26th December, photo.
(I. Lewington, Birding World 22 (11): 459-462, plates 1-6; Birding World 22 (12): 490, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 597; A. M. Stoddart & C. J. McInerny, British Birds 110: 666-674, plates 370 & 371).
3.01). 2010 Gloucestershire Stoke Orchard and Bishop's Cleeve Landfill, Cheltenham, 5CY+, 7th September to 14th October, photo; presumed same, Hempsted Landfill, Gloucester, 18th October; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 597).
3.02). 2011 Bedfordshire Stewartby Lake, 6CY+, 21st to 26th September, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596).
3.03). 2011 Cambridgeshire Grafham Water, 6CY+, 4th tom 6th October, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596-597).
3.04). 2011 Leicestershire & Rutland Leicestershire Rutland Water, 6CY+, 19th October to 6th November, photo; presumed same, Eyebrook Reservoir, 24th to 26th October, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 597).
3.05). 2012 Leicestershire & Rutland Rutland Water, 7CY+, 12th October to 3rd November, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596).
3.06). 2012 Yorkshire Wintersett Reservoir, 7CY+, 11th November, photo; presumed same as 2012 Leicestershire & Rutland.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 589).
3.07). 2013 Leicestershire & Rutland Rutland Water, 8CY+, 20th September to 19th October, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596).
3.08). 2013 Northamptonshire Stanwick Gravel-pits, 8CY+, 27th September intermittently to 6th November, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596).
3.09). 2014 Yorkshire Lakeside, Doncaster, 9CY+, 3rd October, photo; presumed same as 2014 Northamptonshire.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 110: 589).
3.10). 2014 Northamptonshire Stanwick Gravel-pits, 9CY+, 21st October, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596).
3.11). 2014 Cambridgeshire Grafham Water, 9CY+, 29th October to 2nd November, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596).
3.12). 2014 Yorkshire Wintersett Reservoir, 9CY+, 9th November, photo; presumed same as Cambridgeshire 2014.
(C. Holt and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 111: 580).
3.13). 2015 Northamptonshire Stanwick Gravel-pits, 10CY+, 10th October, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596).
3.14). 2015 Lincolnshire Marston, 10CY+, 26th October, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596).
3.15). 2015 Nottinghamshire Kilvington Lakes, 10CY+, 29th October to 2nd November, photo; presumed same as 2009 Oxfordshire.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 109: 596).
P). 2022 Shropshire The Mere, sub-adult, 10th to 12th November, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2023 Cornwall Newlyn, sub-adult, 15th January, photo.
(birding information services).
P). 2023 Cornwall Sennen, second-summer, 29th to 30th August.
(birding information services).
P). 2023 Cornwall Skewjack, third-winter, 9th October; presumed same, Sennen, third-winter, 22nd to 29th October.
(birding information services).
P). 2024 Cornwall Mousehole, first-winter, 4th to 7th February, again, 3rd March.
(birding information services).
