Phil Andrews
It's only Rock and Roller but I like it
Grafham Water 24 July. Mediterranean Gull juv on the dam at 0630. Different bird to yesterday, this one has a red ring. Number should be readable later from photos. 3 Common Sands and 5+ Yellow-legged Gulls. Not forgetting the Mandarin still on the dam!
Med Gull colour ring P1J1 or something close to this. https://www.flickr.com/photos/140874789@N04/27893952694/in/album-72157664662036243/lightbox/
Ring number appears to be PTJ1 when examined forensically, see screenshot. Presumably an eastern European number ? Poland? https://www.flickr.com/photos/140874789@N04/28520001865/in/album-72157664662036243/ To be continued...
Hi Matt
Red PTJ1 - which you had on the 24th July 2017 - was ringed on the 20th May 2016 at Wejdyki in north east Poland, approx 50 miles from the Baltic coast; it was also noted at the same site on the 20th June 2016. It was present in the gull colony at Upton Warren NRm, Worcs alongside other first summer Med Gulls between the 26th and 29th April 2017.
Phil