Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bempton Cliffs RSPB, East Yorkshire © Nigel Milbourne 2021

  1. One, found dead, 10th Feb. 1957.
  2. One, immature, 28th Aug. 1965 (T.B. Silcocks).
  3. One, immature, 31st July 1976.
  4. One, 1st-winter, 14th Jan. 1989.
  5. One, 1st-winter, 22nd Feb. 1990.
  6. One, adult, 29th Nov. 1992.
  7. One, adult winter, 9th Dec. 2011 (N.R. Milbourne).
  8. One, adult, 24th Mar. 2023 (N.R. Milbourne et al.)
  9. One, immature, 7th Apr. 2023 (A. Mears).

I have no doubt that there were earlier records of Black-legged Kittiwake at Blagdon, and they have probably occurred many more times, unseen, than recorded here but are, nevertheless, rare inland.

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Bibliography (sources of information):

  1. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1992. Avon Ornithological Group.
  2. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Bristol Bird Report, 1957. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  3. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Bristol Bird Report, 1965. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  4. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1957. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  5. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1965. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  6. McGeoch, J.A. (ed.). Somerset Birds, 1976. Somerset Ornithological Society.
  7. Rose, Dr H.E. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 2011. Avon Ornithological Group.
  8. Taylor, S.M. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1989. Avon Ornithological Group.
  9. Taylor, S.M. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1990. Avon Ornithological Group.