Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) fly-by

As seen on May 8, from "De Harder" @ lat 53.562, lng 6.488 (and photographed by Henk Mellema):

H.TAP @ Rottumeroog, The Netherlands

On April 29 this colour-ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull (blue H.TAP, white inscription) was noticed among others in the 'Westkwelder', in front of our house on Rottumeroog. All the way from Belgium..?

 

Ringed as pullus on 18-07-2008 in Zeebrugge (Voorhaven), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 51°21'0''N 3°11'0''E INBO. Present again on Rottumeroog on April 30...

2738 gulls and one ring

Yesterday (April 25) all Herring - and Lesser Black-backed Gulls present on or above the island Rottumeroog were counted. Among the 1194 Herring Gulls and 1544 Lesser Black-backed Gulls that were counted was this colour-ringed LBBG, which was present at the North Sea beach (ORANGE VB6.T, BLACK inscription)...

It turned out this bird was ringed as an adult on February 11, 2012, at the Rainham Tip in Greater London. In March of that year it was seen on Rottumeroog twice, so it probably is a bird that is resident to this area in summer.

E-gull, today @ 't Zuiderduin

E-gull and friends.

Unread Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps).

'Bang on!'

Colour-ringed Herring Gull Larus argentatus @ het Zuiderduin

Seen there and read by me today, for a second time this spring. We met before in 2011 when this gull could be read repeatedly during the summer. Colour-rings: LW/GY, ringing place: NL Schiermonnikoog, Oosterkwelder 5329N-0609E, ringing age: nestling, ringing date: 16-07-05 sex: unknown, ringer: Otto Overdijk. The bird on the right is a Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres.

Colour-ringed Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus @ Rottumeroog

Seen in breeding habitat on April 13 2013. Where does it come from..?

 

April 23: It turned out that there was a light blue tibia ring involved. It appeared on one of the photos too. I recently got informed that it is a bird ringed in Beltringharder Koog (Germany) on June 18, 2010. It was seen there regularly during the following summers, once with three chicks. Only two days after my observation of this bird on Rottumeroog it was noticed in Beltringharder Koog again and read there by Dominic Cimiotti for the first time this year. There were are no records of this bird during winter months. I remember seeing quite a lot of them around Aveiro, Portugal, so you could start to look for it there around that time.

 

Siberian spring @ Rottumeroog, The Netherlands...