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Is this gull ringed? (1 Viewer)

Matt 82

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In the park the other day with the dog, I took a throwaway picture of a gull as it flew past.

Looking at the picture now, it looks like it has a silver ring on its leg. Does it, or is that just a feather?

Do they ring gulls? Am I getting bird ringing all wrong? I thought they only did it to rarer birds.


PS apologies for the poor picture.
 

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Yes, they do get ringed and it helps with determining wandering patterns. We had an international team coming to net and ring gulls at the big garbage dump outside our city.
The trapping process is also useful in determining those vague species markers on birds in hand (we have the eastern group of European populations where delimitations might be different than in West), so if data on same individual are gathered during the years it will help determine patterns of moulting and morphing into adult plumage.
 
Yes, they do get ringed and it helps with determining wandering patterns. We had an international team coming to net and ring gulls at the big garbage dump outside our city.
The trapping process is also useful in determining those vague species markers on birds in hand (we have the eastern group of European populations where delimitations might be different than in West), so if data on same individual are gathered during the years it will help determine patterns of moulting and morphing into adult plumage.

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Last summer I saw a Sandwich tern that was also ringed, its a subject I find very interested. Finding out just how far across the world do these birds go.
 
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