After several weeks without ring-reading I finally found some time again to look for some c-ringed gulls. I went to the harbour of Oostende, where I ran into Davy Bosman, who was checking some of the nests he is studying. I could join him and visit the roof-breeding colony, great to see these birds there (and also some of the first freshly-ringed chicks)! After this I tried to find some more rings, and managed to get 18 ringed birds in total, all from Belgium (12 c-rings and 6 metal rings), and quite a few of them new birds for me. The breeding LBBG's looked very nice, good to be back at the c-rings :-)
ad Herring gull
blue AVAK (E. Stienen), this one apparently was in rather poor condition. It was ringed as a chick in 1999.
ad Herring gull
blue MWA.Z (E. Stienen), near it's nesting site.
4th cal Herring gull
blue CLA.V (E. Stienen).
ad LBBG
blue HYA.F (E. Stienen).
ad LBBG
blue GSA.B (E. Stienen).
ad LBBG
blue DNA.N (E. Stienen).
ad Herring gull blue AVAK (E. Stienen), this one apparently was in rather poor condition. It was ringed as a chick in 1999.
ad Herring gull blue MWA.Z (E. Stienen), near it's nesting site.
4th cal Herring gull blue CLA.V (E. Stienen).
ad LBBG blue HYA.F (E. Stienen).
ad LBBG blue GSA.B (E. Stienen).
ad LBBG blue DNA.N (E. Stienen).
Hello Simon,
ReplyDeleteBlue DNA.N was, 30-11-2.010, at Doniños beach, Ferrol,(A Coruña), NW Spain.
Best regards
Paco
Hello Paco,
ReplyDeletethanks for your comment, nice to hear this one was seen in Spain last winter!
All the best,
Simon
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