Colour ringed birds

[IanF]

A colour ringed Great Black-backed Gull was found by Dave Harrison on Kirkham Rocks, Hartlepool with black darvic JP307.

It was ringed as a nestling 29/07/2011 at HUSHOLMEN FROHOLMAN, Bjarkøy, Troms, Norway. Having travelled 1844 km.

[IanF]

A colour ringed Great Black Backed Gull was at Seaton Reach on 26/01/13 black ring with JP618. Found by Dave Harrison.

It was ringed as a pullus 28/06/2012 at Mandal, sourthen Norway.

CR-Code Black ring with white code: JP618 LBNW(JP618);RBM
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 3039018
Species Great Black-backed Gull  Larus marinus
Sex Unknown Age Pullus

Date   Place   Coordinates   Observers   Days/km/°
28.06 2012   Udøyfjorden Eldeholmen, Mandal, Vest-Agder, Norway    57°59'08"N 007°35'00"E   Jørgensen, FinnWiblemo-Jørgensen, Gordon   -
17.07 2012   Udøyfjorden Eldeholmen, Mandal, Vest-Agder, Norway    57°59'08"N 007°35'00"E   Jørgensen, Finn   19/0/0
26.01 2013   Seaton Reach, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, Cleveland, Great Britain    54°40'11"N 001°11'25"W   Harrison, David   212/654/239

[IanF]

A colour ringed Herring Gull orange darvic VM5T was also at Seaton Reach on 26/01/13.


Ringed Pitsea, Essex 20/11/2010.

Only other sighting was 18/02/2012 Sandshamn, Sande, More and Romsdal, NORWAY

[IanF]

Colour-ringed Black-headed Gull - red darvic 3.7 was at Warrior Park this afternoon. Last seen at Seaton Reach 17/12/2012.

Ringed Amsterdam 01/12/2009

[IanF]

A colour ringed Med. Gull was found by Dave Harrison at Seaton Reach on 26/01/2013. Red darvic PNT6

Ringed 30/05/2012 at Gdansk, Poland.

Record details

Type of ring or other mark      metal ring [MET]
Ringing scheme      GDAŃSK/VARSOVIA (GDAŃSK, PLG) [GDAŃSK]
Background color of ring or other mark      
The number of the ring or other mark      FS 02011
Ring or other mark information      ring added

• 
  
  Type of ring or other mark      legring (numbered) [NOG]
  Ringing scheme      
  Background color of ring or other mark      red
  The number of the ring or other mark      PNT6
  Ring or other mark information      ring added
• 
  
  Date      30/05/2012
  Accuracy of date      date accurate
• 
  Time (hour and minute)      
  
  Species      Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus [LARMEL]
  Description of bird
  (only if species unknown)      
  Sex      female [F]
  Age      after 2nd calendar year [PO2]
  Plumage      
  
  Status of bird      nesting [JAJ]
  Condition of bird      alive and probably healthy - observed or released by ringer [ŻYWOB]
  Circumstances      controlled (caught and released by ringer) [25]
  
  Place      ZB.TOPOLA, TOPOLA
  Country      POLAND [PL]
  Province      DOLNOŚLĄSKIE [DO]
  Coordinates
  (above degrees and decimals,
  below degrees/minutes/seconds)      
  Latitude         Longitude   
  Map   
     
  50.292546°      16.545340°
  50°17'33.2''N   
  16°32'43.2''E   
  Accuracy of coordinates      accurate to the given coordinates
• 
  
  Time from ringing      0 days
  Distance from ringing place      0 km
  Direction from ringing place      0.00°
  
  Moved before the encounter      moved by water [WODA]
  Manipulated      normal, not manipulated bird [-]
  Ring or other mark of first partner
  Type of ring or other mark      metal ring [MET]
  Ringing scheme      GDAŃSK/VARSOVIA (GDAŃSK, PLG) [GDAŃSK]
  Background color of ring or other mark      
  The number of the ring or other mark      FN 74299
  

[IanF]

Black-headed Gull today at Seaton Reach, Seaton Carew - white J4Y7 - seen by Dave Harrison.

Ringed 01/04/2000 at Oslo, Norway.

Last CR-Code White ring with black code: J4Y7 LBWN(J4Y7);RBM
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 6174134
Species Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus
Sex Unknown Age 3 cy+ Date 01.04 2000 (09:--) Accurate to the day
Place Frognerparken, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway - 59°55'33"N 010°42'13"E
Condition Alive and probably healthy and released by a ringer
Circumstances Intentionally by man - other means (includes trapped, poisoned, ring number read in field etc.). All captures (=ringing data) and recaptures (caught and released).
Hunted, trapped, poisoned intentionally by man (NB: not shot).
Ringer(s)

Colour mark put on: White ring with black code: J4Y7 LBWN(J4Y7);RBM
Species Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus
Sex Male Age 3 cy+ Date 27.03 2012 (08:--) Accurate to the day
Place Vaterland, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway - 59°54'49"N 010°45'30"E
Condition Alive and probably healthy and released by a ringer
Circumstances Intentionally by man - other means (includes trapped, poisoned, ring number read in field etc.). All captures (=ringing data) and recaptures (caught and released).
Hunted, trapped, poisoned intentionally by man (NB: not shot).
Biometrical Head + bill: 83,0 - Wing length: 316 - Weight: 270 -
Observers Lome, Carsten -
4378 Days, 3 km, 113°

Species Unknown species

Sex Unknown Age Age unknown Date 04.04 2012 (--:--) Accurate to the day
Place Rådhusplassen, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway - 59°54'39"N 010°43'58"E
Condition Alive and probably healthy and certainly released
Circumstances Bird identified from something else then the metal ring.
Bird identified from coloured or numbered legring(s).
Observers Sandøy, John -
4386 Days, 2 km, 135°

Species Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus
Sex Unknown Age Age unknown Date 23.07 2012 (--:--) Accurate to the day
Place Aker Brygge, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway - 59°54'35"N 010°43'38"E
Condition Alive and probably healthy and certainly released
Circumstances Bird identified from something else then the metal ring.
Bird identified from coloured or numbered legring(s).
Observers Le Gall, Olivier -
4496 Days, 2 km, 143°

Species Black-headed Gull  Larus ridibundus
Sex Unknown Age Age unknown Date 03.02 2013 (15:15) Accurate to the day
Place Seaton Reach, Seaton Carew, Durham, Great Britain - 54°40'20"N 001°11'17"W
Additional information Alive and well on beach with large number of other gulls. Bathing and roosting. Refuse tip nearby.
Condition Alive and probably healthy and certainly released
Circumstances Bird identified from something else then the metal ring.
Bird identified from coloured or numbered legring(s).
Observers Harrison, David -
4691 Days, 921 km, 235°

[IanF]

Another find by Dave.

Colour ringed Herring Gull, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool - orange darvic left leg 1342 - was roosting in amongst a large number of gulls on the beach at Seaton Reach, Seaton Carew at 10.00am on 26th January 2013.

Herring Gull with orange ring 2013 was ringed on the 30th November 2007 on Seamer Carr landfill, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire (TA038820) as a first winter bird, with metal BTO ring number GN78429. There have been no other sightings of this bird since it was ringed.

[IanF]

A GBB Gull on Seaton Common yesterday – ringed south Norway in 2011.

CR-Code Black ring with white code: JP120 LBNW(JP120);RBM
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 3031770
Species Great Black-backed Gull  Larus marinus
Sex Unknown Age Pullus Date 04.07 2011 (23:--) Accurate to the day
Place Udvaare, Lindesnes, Vest-Agder, Norway - 57°58'49"N 007°12'41"E
Condition Alive and probably healthy and released by a ringer
Circumstances Intentionally by man - other means (includes trapped, poisoned, ring number read in field etc.). All captures (=ringing data) and recaptures (caught and released).
Hunted, trapped, poisoned intentionally by man (NB: not shot).
Ringer(s) Helberg, Morten - Jørgensen, Finn - Wiblemo-Jørgensen, Gordon -

Species Unknown species

Sex Unknown Age Age unknown Date 18.02 2013 (10:15) Accurate to the day
Place Seaton Common, Seaton Carew, Durham, Great Britain - 54°38'35"N 001°11'07"W
Additional information Roosting with several hundred gulls on salt marsh near landfill site. Viewed by telescope.
Condition Alive and probably healthy and certainly released
Circumstances Bird identified from something else then the metal ring.
Bird identified from coloured or numbered legring(s).
Observers Harrison, David -
595 Days, 637 km, 237°

[Damian]

A colour ringed Oystercatcher first seen at Saltburn in November last year was again at Saltburn on Saturday 16th February 2013.
It has a White colour ring which should read P46, however the outer coating of the ring is starting to break down and only P4 is legible.
I did manage to read the metal ring and this is FH08473 and was rung as a pullus on the library roof of Aberdeen University (294km away) on the 19th June 2009.
This is the first sighting of it anywhere since been rung.

[IanF]

A colour ringed Oystercatcher first seen at Saltburn in November last year was again at Saltburn on Saturday 16th February 2013.
It has a White colour ring which should read P46, however the outer coating of the ring is starting to break down and only P4 is legible.
I did manage to read the metal ring and this is FH08473 and was rung as a pullus on the library roof of Aberdeen University (294km away) on the 19th June 2009.
This is the first sighting of it anywhere since been rung.

Great find!

[IanF]

A colour ringed Curlew that I've not seen before was on Seaton Common this morning. OW WY.

It was ringed on Seal Sands in July 1997.

OW WY was ringed at Seal Sands on 21st July 1997 and aged as at least one year. It was last reported on 24th August 2006 at Seal Sands. Previous sightings to that show it was/is a regular wintering bird that can return as early as early July in some years, departing after mid February. All sightings show it to be a bird that often foraged on Seal Sands and Seaton Common.

[IanF]

A colour ringed Purple Sandpiper was on the beach on the Headland this morning in company with three other Purple Sandpipers. It has a green flag with EUH. It's turned up each winter for the each year since it was ringed 02/09/2011 at Svalbard / Spitzbergen.

It was also seen here by John Bridges on 17/02/2013.

Video clip - http://youtu.be/MrUKy9UlcHE

[lukeh]

This colour ringed curlew was on Hartlepool Headland. It had a yellow ring above a blue one on its left leg. What does this mean?

[IanF]

The ring on it's left tarsus or 'ankle' looks to be white rather than blue. It's probably due to being in shadow that it looks a little blue. A large white ring on the left leg tarsus is the indicator ring for Curlew ringed on Seal Sands over the last 20-30 years.

Two rings are placed on each tibia. I can only see one yellow ring so it may have lost one or more. It maybe worth reporting to the BTO still though I suspect they won't be able to trace the year it was ringed. However yellow rings have a tendency to lose colour over the years. This being such a vibrant colour still I wouldn't be surprised if was ringed last year or at elast the last 2-3 years.

[lukeh]

Thanks Ian
Luke