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The latest Rare Breeding Birds Panel report available on the 'net is 2008 (subscribers to British Birds will have the 2009 report in hard copy).
It quotes a total of 543-592 breeding pairs in Britain, with 87% of these in the south east corner of England (Dorset to Kent). Breeding birds with 100 miles of Upton Warren in 2008 comprise:
Staffordshire - 2 pairs at 1 site
Leics & Rutland - a pair of second summer birds displaying
Cambs - a pair present in April
Cheshitre & Wirral - 3 pairs at 2 sites
Lancs & Merseyside - 14 pairs at 3 sites (northern Lancs outside of the 100 mile radius)
Yorkshire - a pair of second summer birds mated (again may fall outside the 100m radius depending where it Yorkshire the site was)
Hi Phil. The RBBPR for 2009 in relation to Med Gulls is as follows:
39 sites comprising of 573-659 breeding pairs/territories.
The Dorset site of 2008 which contained 87 breeding pairs was not assessed in 2009.
OXFORDSHIRE: 1 site and 1 pair
DERBYSHIRE : 1 site and 1 pair
STAFFORDSHIRE: 1 site and 2 pairs
CHESHIRE & WIRRAL: 2 sites and 4 pairs
GTR MANCHESTER: 1 site and 1 pair
LANCASHIRE & N MERSEYSIDE: 3 sites and 23 pairs
YORKSHIRE: 1 site and 2 pairs
No Leics and Rutland site in '09.
The above sites are within 100 miles. There are obviously many other sites on the south and east coasts.
Des.