Kumlien's Gull

Laridae: Gulls, Terns and Skimmers

Kumlien's Gull Larus glaucoides kumlieni (0, 11)

STATUS: Very rare. BBRC.

1). 1994 Hugh Town, St Mary's, first-year, 30th March to 4th June.

(P. Robinson, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1994: 31).

2). 1998 Porth Mellon, Bar Point and Golf Course, St Mary's, first-winter, between January and May, photo.

(Birding World 11 (2): 86, photo; M. S. Scott, Isles of Scilly Bird Report 1998: 34).

3). 2005 Porthlow, St Mary's, adult, 12th February; same, Bar Point, St Mary's, 19th February.

(R. L. Flood, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2005: 89, plate 12).

4). 2007 Porthloo, St Mary's, Tresco and other islands, juvenile, 21st January to 5th June, photo.

(R. L. Flood, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2007: 67, plate 16).

5). 2007 Tresco, juvenile, 25th January to at least 2nd February.

(R. L. Flood, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2007: 67).

6). 2009 Municipal Dump and Porth Mellon, St Mary's, immature, 18th January to 13th March.

(D. Hudson, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2009: 64).

7). 2012 St Agnes, second-winter, 7th January.

(P. Sterry, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2012: 77).

8). 2018 Porth Cressa, St Mary's, juvenile, 1st January.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2018: 83).

9.0). 2018 Porth Cressa, St Mary's, adult, 3rd to 25th January; same, Morning Point, St Mary's, 4th March.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2018: 83).

10). 2018 Porth Cressa, St Mary's, third-winter, 9th to 11th January.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2018: 83).

9.1). 2019 Morning Point, adult, 27th January; same, Porth Killier, St Agnes, 18th to 20th February; same as 2018 January adult individual.

(C. Cillia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2019: 95, photo).

11). 2020 Morning Point, St Mary’s, juvenile, 17th to 18th November, again, 20th November.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2020: 78, photo).

9.2). 2021 Morning Point, St Mary's, adult, 8th February; same, Porth Cressa Bay, St Mary's, 9th February; presumed returning individual.

(C. Cilia, Isles of Scilly Bird and Natural History Review 2021: 76, photo).