buzzard12
Well-known member
Hi there,
Just an enquiry. I am living in Sweden and have developed a keen interest in gulls over the years. I am not studying, just a very active birder who spends a lot of time looking at gulls at a small number of sites around Stockholm. I would be very interested in ringing gulls here, in order to track their movements among other things. Species involved would include Argetatus Herring Gull, Baltic Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Gull and Black-headed Gull.
Ringing gulls is perhaps a specialist area perhaps, though becoming more prevalent of the past ten years. I am wondering if a ringer must go through the same training no matter what species he intends to work with, whether it be gulls caught in traps of passerines in mist nets.
I am aware of the process in Britain and Ireland where one spends time with A licences ringers at observatories and ringing station etc for a period over a few years and progress from there.
Just an enquiry. I am living in Sweden and have developed a keen interest in gulls over the years. I am not studying, just a very active birder who spends a lot of time looking at gulls at a small number of sites around Stockholm. I would be very interested in ringing gulls here, in order to track their movements among other things. Species involved would include Argetatus Herring Gull, Baltic Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Gull and Black-headed Gull.
Ringing gulls is perhaps a specialist area perhaps, though becoming more prevalent of the past ten years. I am wondering if a ringer must go through the same training no matter what species he intends to work with, whether it be gulls caught in traps of passerines in mist nets.
I am aware of the process in Britain and Ireland where one spends time with A licences ringers at observatories and ringing station etc for a period over a few years and progress from there.
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