STATUS AT LONGHAM LAKES
Rare but regular passage migrant.
1. 1 1st-summer bird feeding over Longham Reservoir North on 3rd May 2004.
2. 1 over Longham Reservoir North on 14th September 2007 (Trevor Thorpe).
3. 1 1st-summer bird feeding over Longham Reservoir North on 24th April 2008.
4. 1 1st-winter over Longham Reservoir North on 5th November 2008 (mobbed on water by 3 Black-headed Gulls), then again on 6th, 12th and 20th November (Trevor Thorpe).
5. 4 adults over Longham Reservoir North on 6th November 2008.
6. 1 1st-summer on 23rd May 2010 (Aidan Brown).
7. 1 1st winter on 10th October 2010 (John Lockwood).
8. 1 obliging 1st-summer spent much time feeding over LR South from at least 13th April to 6th June 2011 (Chris Parnell).
Little Gull, Longham Lakes, May 2011 (Chris Parnell)
9. 1 on 16th July 2011 (WEBS).
10. 1 on 23rd October 2011 (Chris Parnell).
11. 3 1st-summers on 26th April 2012 after a long period of poor weather (George Green).
12. 1 on 28th April 2012 (Chris Parnell).
13. 3 1st-summers on 30th April 2012 (Chris Parnell).
14. 1 juvenile on 16th August 2102 (Alan Pearce, Terry Elborn, Mike Cross).
15. 1 on 26th August 2012 (Alan Pearce).
16. 2 over on 22nd October 2012 (DBC website).
17. 1 1st-summer briefly on 12th May 2014 (George Green).
18. 1 1st winter on 12th March 2015 (George Green),
19. 2 adults on 13th March 2015 (DC).
20. 2 on 21st April 2015, then 3 on 22nd (1 adult, 1 1st-winter and 1 1st-summer) (Lorne Bissell). 1 remained on 23rd April.