Ringed Black headed Gull (1 Viewer)

[gan95]

On Sunday 04/08/24 I noticed and photographed two Black headed Gulls with Blue rings on left leg and silver which I am unable to read on the left leg at Pennington Flash, G.Manchester, UK (see attached photos).
I have copied and pasted a conversation with another local birder.

Bird 2X76 may not have been recorded at the Flash?

Hi Gordon, 2X76 is one I've never recorded. 268C I've recorded twice, it was ringed at the flash 23/12/2021 & I've recorded it 24/12/22 & 29/12/23 so your record breaks that sequence 😆

I would appreciate any information someone may be able to offer.

Many thanks

 

[Mono]

You can report your sightings here...

Black-headed Gull

Project summary 2,450Birds colour-marked 16,300Sightings received 2011Year project started Colour-marks used Blue leg ring, 4 white characters (2, letter, number, number) on one leg with BTO metal …

waterbirdcolourmarking.org

 

[gan95]

You can report your sightings here...

Black-headed Gull

Project summary 2,450Birds colour-marked 16,300Sightings received 2011Year project started Colour-marks used Blue leg ring, 4 white characters (2, letter, number, number) on one leg with BTO metal …

waterbirdcolourmarking.org

Thanks for the reply and link

 

[pianoman]

Can give interesting results. I checked out a Med Gull ring last summer and found it had been flying back and forth between Germany and Ireland several times during the summer. Be interesting to know if BHG stay local or if they do the same thing

 

[gan95]

Looking at site map the answer is yes! Waiting for the next update.

 

[Stephen Dunstan]

Can give interesting results. I checked out a Med Gull ring last summer and found it had been flying back and forth between Germany and Ireland several times during the summer. Be interesting to know if BHG stay local or if they do the same thing

I've never had a north west England BHG that commuted to that extent during the summer. Crudely simplifying there are birds that come in for the winter from Eastern Europe and go back to breed, and there are birds that don't seem to move very far. That said it probably depends where they've been caught, the ones that are caught coming to bread in winter will probably give different results to some birds ringed as chicks.

 

[gan95]

Sorry I misread pianoman's query!