Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouinii (Payraudeau, 1826) (0, 8)
Photo © By Zeynel Cebeci - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91072956
STATUS
Mediterranean and north-west African coasts, Monotypic.
OVERVIEW
Arrivals are from early May to mid-July with a further two during mid-August and one autumn individual for one day in October.
RECORDS
1). 2003 Kent Dungeness, second-summer, 5th to 7th May, photo.
(D. Walker, Birding World 16 (5): 199-202, plates 1-5; Birding World 16 (12): 516, photo; British Birds 96: plates 215 & 216; D. Walker, British Birds 97: 537-541, plates 308 & 309; BOURC (2004), Ibis 147: 248; M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 97: 583, plate 342).
2). 2005 Yorkshire Beacon Lane Ponds, Kilnsea, second-summer, 1st June, photo
(Birding World 18 (6): 223, photo; Yorkshire Birding 14: 45-47; P. A. Fraser, M. J. Rogers and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 100: 49).
3). 2007 Kent Dungeness, second-summer, 16th May, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 546).
4). 2007 Devon Seaton, adult or third-summer, 14th August, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 101: 546).
5). 2008 Lincolnshire Huttoft Bank, sub-adult, 15th August; presumed same, Chapel Point area, 17th to 23rd August, photo.
(British Birds 101: plate 297; Birding World 21 (8): 310, 316, photos; Birding World 21 (12): 509, photo; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 102: 559, plate 366).
6). 2011 Suffolk Minsmere RSPB, adult, 9th May, photo.
(J. Grant, Birding World 24 (5): 199-201, plates 1, 4-5; British Birds 104: plate 192; N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 105: 587, plate 339).
7). 2014 Kent Dungeness, second-winter, 12th October, photo.
(N. A. J. Hudson and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 108: 594).
8). 2018 Yorkshire Attercliffe, Sheffield, 3CY, 13th to 14th July, photo.
(C. Holt, P. French and the Rarities Committee, British Birds 112: 583, plate 324).
