Friday, April 26, 2013

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.

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