Colour ringed birds

[IanF]

OY NY still present this morning with a dozen or so Curlew. No other cr birds seen.

[fosterc]

curlew block sands headland today

[IanF]

Can't see what's above the yellow but I suspect it's black.

NY GN has been present there several weeks now. Usually on the rocks below Albion Terrace but it moves around a bit into the harbour and along towards Steetley.

I first saw it back there on 28/09/2015 and several times since. I've got records for it in Sept 2012 and 2013 and one for April 2013 on Seaton Common.

It was ringed on Seal Sands summer of 2012.

Photo was taken on 16/10/2015.

[IanF]

Black-headed Gull at Seaton Carew yesterday found and photos by Derek Clayton who also noted a Polish metal ring.

Received a reply from Poland this morning.

Yellow T182 was ringed as 2 yr old adult at Gdansk 28/01/2015

4379497 28/01/2015  FN 99822
YEL T182 Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus  GDAŃSK-OLIWA
POLAND (POMORSKIE) KULING
Sabina Kaszak
4298899 06/02/2015  YEL T182 Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus  Sopot:plaża przy molo
POLAND (POMORSKIE) Leszek Stankiewicz
KULING
4336322 04/04/2015  YEL T182 Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus  GDAŃSK-OLIWA:UL.GRUNWALDZKA
POLAND (POMORSKIE) Agnieszka Labudda
4455743 29/10/2015  YEL T182 Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus  Seaton Carew,
UNITED KINGDOM (CLEVELAND) Derek Clayton

[Lockhart]

Curlew at Hartlepool Headland around noon today, just as the weather turned nasty.  Couldn't see any identifying letters or numbers but the pattern seems similar to one ringed at Seal Sands and reported a few posts ago.

[IanF]

Black-headed Gull at Newburn Bridge this morning. White with black lettering J9PC

Ringed as an adult 17.04.2013 near Oslo, Norway. Sightings show regular movement between our coast and Norway each year.

Date   Place   Coordinates   Observers   Days/km/?
17.04 2013   ?stensj?vannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway    59?52'51"N 010?49'57"E   Helberg, Morten
Mjelde, John Martin   -
01.01 2014   Newburn Bridge, Hartlepool, UK, Durham, Great Britain    54?40'46"N 001?11'52"W   Harrison, David   259/924/236
26.02 2014   Newburn Bridge, Hartlepool, UK, Durham, Great Britain    54?40'46"N 001?11'52"W   Downes, Chris   315/924/236
09.04 2014   ?stensj?vannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway    59?52'51"N 010?49'57"E   Helberg, Morten
Sand?y, John   357/0/0
18.04 2014   ?stensj?vannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway    59?52'51"N 010?49'57"E   Sand?y, John   366/0/0
20.04 2014   ?stensj?vannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway    59?52'51"N 010?49'57"E   Norland, Anne Kari   368/0/0
06.12 2014   Newburn outfall, Seaton Carew, Durham, Great Britain    54?40'46"N 001?11'53"W   Iceton, Geoff   598/924/236
20.02 2015   Skinningrove, Hartlepool, Cleveland, Great Britain    54?34'19"N 000?53'47"W   Root, Stephen   674/919/235
01.04 2015   ?stensj?vannet, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway    59?52'51"N 010?49'57"E   Fjeld, Per   714/0/0
23.06 2015   Franzefoss Gjenvinning, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway    59?55'32"N 010?49'40"E   Rudzionek, Ryszard   797/5/356
10.07 2015   Franzefoss Gjenvinning, Oslo, Akershus & Oslo, Norway    59?55'32"N 010?49'40"E   Rudzionek, Ryszard   814/5/356
13.11 2015   Newburn Bridge, Hartlepool, UK, Durham, Great Britain    54?40'46"N 001?11'52"W   Forrest, Nicholas Ian   940/924/236

[IanF]

Present on the beach at Newburn Bridge early afternoon.

It?s a bird which was colour-ringed ringed at Harewood Whin landfill site, 3km east of York, as part of a new project. The bird was caught using a Cannon Net and is one of around 500 birds which have been caught in four catches so far this year

Harewood Whin is one of the decreasing number of Landfill sites in the UK where it is possible to operate for the catching and ringing of gulls.  The gulls feed on the Landfill site during the day and roost on the floods in Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve or on the Humber Estuary.
The bird was rung on 20th March 2015 and has not been seen elsewhere since it was rung.

[IanF]

Whooper Swan seen flying over RSPB Saltholme visitor centre on Saturday 14th November 2015 with yellow darvic G5X -

ringed at North Duffield, Selby, North Yorkshire on 28/11/2013.

It was accompanied by another adult and two cygnets.

]SWID   SPECIES   AGE   SEX   PLASTIC   COLOUR   METAL   SEASON   EVENT_TYPE   LOCATION   EVENT DATE   DEPARTURE   SITE NAME   AREA   COUNTRY   LAT   LONG   RECORDER_ID
D00285   WS   C   M   G5X   Yellow   ZZ6340   2013   Catch      GB-NDU   28/11/2013   28/11/2013   North Duffield, Selby   North Yorkshire   United Kingdom   53?48.96'N   0?57.00'W   CR
D00285   WS   Y                                            2014 WWT Centre GB-MMR     9/01/2015    19/01/2015   WWT Martin Mere       Lancashire            United Kingdom   53?37.50'N   2?52.02'W   WWT

[IanF]

Black-headed Gull with metal ring 6J-2098 was back at Warrior Park pond, Seaton Carew early afternoon.  

Ringed Sprogo, Korsor, Denmark on 08/06/2011

A regular winter sighting at this location.


There's a Stockholm ringed returning bird present as well - 6415117 which was ringed at Malmo, Sweden on 27/03/2005.

[IanF]

Two colour ringed Purple Sandpipers yesterday morning at Hartlepool Headland. Both seen locally previous winters.

EUH & EJT

Ring no : Stavanger 8B10179
Flag  lime EJT ( Left tarsus : metal. Left tibia : orange colour ring.  Right tibia: lime flag engraved with three black letters EJT.)
Age/sex/biometrics: F2K+ (female, hatched 2009 or before)
Ringing date: 13.06.2010, 21 hrs.
Ringing place: Longyearbyen (78.13.13N-15.40.06E)  Svalbard / Spitsbergen
Remarks: Observed Longyearbyen 05.09.2010 (Kjell Mork Soot).
Ringer: Ole Edvard Torland

Last finding date: 22.11.2015
Observed : The Headland, Hartlepool (54.41N-01.12W) Durham, England
Observer :  Ian Forrest
Distance: 2695  km  SSW. Direction:  204 deg.
Time:  5-5-9. (5 years- 5 months- 9 days).

Remarks:  Observed  The Headland:
22.03.2011 : Allan Snape
20.11.2011: Ian Forrest
27.11.2011: Russel Neave
18.02.2012 : James Kennerley
21.10.2012 : Ian Forrest
30.10.2013: James Kennerley
04.11.2013: Sharon Niks (photodocumented)
29.11.2013:Ian Forrest (photodocumented)
10.03.2015: Steve Percival (photodocumented).
03.04.2015: Allan Snape, Tees Ringing Group
22.11.2015: Ian Forrest (photodocumented).  Around 40 Purps feeding along the shore. Three birds had colour rings from Svalbard.

Ring no : Stavanger 8B11863.
Flag EUH ( Left tarsus : metal. Left tibia : orange colour ring.  Right tibia: (dark) green flag engraved with three white letters EUH.)
Age/sex/biometrics: F1K , female hatched 2011.Wing 133 mm.Weight 67,6g. Bill 30,6 mm.
Ringing date: 02.09.2011, 23 hrs.
Ringing place: Longyearbyen (78.13.13N-15.40.06E)  Svalbard / Spitsbergen
Ringer: Kjell Mork Soot

Last finding date: 22.11.2015
Observed : The Headland, Hartlepool (54.41N-01.12W) Cleveland, England
Observer : Ian Forrest
Distance: 2695  km  SSW. Direction:  204 deg.
Time: 4-2-20 (4 years-2 months- 20 days)

Remarks /earlier observations the Headland, Hartlepool:   
06.11.2011: Photodocumented by Derek Clayton 
03.12.2011: Observed by Eric James and Mike Gee .
16.12.2011: Distinct photo of the flag and code (Ian Forrest).
17.02.2013: Observed by John Bridges.
01.03.2013: Distinct photo of the flag and code (Ian Forrest). Feeding along the shoreline with three other unringed Purps.
29.11.2013: Distinct photo of the flag and code (Ian Forrest). Feeding along the shoreline with 72 other Purps, also lime EJT.
03.04.2015: Sight record by a ringer, Alan Snape.
22.11.2015: Photodocumented by Ian Forrest. Around 40 Purps feeding along the shore. Three of them had colour rings from Svalbard.

Also a colour ringed Shag though only  partial reading. Green darvic white lettering starting with L.

[IanF]

Herring Gull colour ringed yellow darvic white lettering 7W3B seen at Newburn Bridge on 19/11/2015. It was rung on 21/08/2015 at Harewood Whin Waste Disposal site, 3km east of York.

[IanF]

Herring Gull colour ringed 7H3B seen at Hartlepool Marina on 22/11/2015 was rung at Harewood Whin Waste Disposal site, York on 01/05/2015.

[IanF]

Colour ringed Twite at Seaton Snook yesterday. Found by Chris Brown on 24/11/2015.

Ringed 22/10/2014 in Rishworth, South Yorkshire

It was ringed 22/10/2014 in Rishworth, South Yorkshire and over wintered that year in the Pennines. Interestingly 3 of the birds that it over wintered with arrived back at the same site this year having not been seen all summer.
Last winter the feeding station was covered with deep snow for a few days at this time all of our over wintering Twite disappeared. This bird however was quickly reported by patch watchers at Orgreave, Sheffield (just below the snow line!). When the snow melted a few days later it arrived back at the feeding site and remained in the area until around April. It is unclear where it spent the rest of its summer.

A second ringed bird was present but only with a metal ring which couldn't be read.

[IanF]

A colour ringed Oystercatcher was roosting on the beach at Newburn Bridge this morning. Green ring with white lettering T408.

It was rung 05/06/2105 as a pullus at St. Olav vgs, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway.

Another metal ringed bird present but only partial details read.

CR-Code   Green ring with white Code: T408
LBM;RBGW(T408)
Ringing Centre   Stavanger Museum (Norway)
Ring number   5191391
Species   Eurasian Oystercatcher  Haematopus ostralegus
Status   Ringing data
Date   05.06 2015 (12:--) Accurate to the day
Place   St. Olav vgs, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
58?58'01"N 005?43'29"E  Map Accurate to the given coordinates
Sex   Unknown
Sexing Method   Unknown
Age   Pullus
Catching method   Round up whilst flightless
Catching lure   Definitely no lure used
Status   Unknown or unrecorded
Manipulated   Normal, not manipulated bird
Moved before   Not moved
Habitat   
Additional information   
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).
No doubt about the circumstances
Biometrical   Wing length: 185
Weight: 310
Observers   Mo, Bj?rn (1381/Revtangen OS (048))
Ringing license   Mo, Bj?rn - (1381/)
Ringing Group   Revtangen OS (048)
Reporter   Mo, Bj?rn
Reference number   R20150606210751-1381-0

[fosterc]

OY NY still present this morning with a dozen or so Curlew. No other cr birds seen.

Seen again this morning Seaton Common