Kolring TEAM [POLAND] - The Polish Bird Banding Blog [bird ringing]: January 2010

Friday, 29 January 2010

Wintering Mute swans (Cygnus olor) on the Zatoka Gdanska

Zatoka Gdanska is one of the best place in Poland for watching wintering Mute swans. Recently Agnieszka Labudda and Ania Budyta observed there Mute swan (Cygnus olor) from the north (swedish ring X8200).

fot. Agnieszka Labudda

fot. Agnieszka Labudda

Funnily enough there are also swans from the south. The great exaple is bird from Slovakia (visited Hungary as well where got the plastic ring), which has been here since 2006.

fot. Agnieszka Labudda

fot. Agnieszka Labudda

See the migration of these two mute swans.

If you want to know more about mute swans from Zatoka Gdanska visit Agnieszka Labbuda's webiste.

Thursday, 21 January 2010

Nice pictures of colour-ringed Greenfinches

The Greenfinch CR project is growing. Actually we ringed a few thousands birds so it's not a fortune that also photographs meet our birds. The great exaple is Marcin Perkowski (see his website), who regularly meet ringed Greenfinches and shoot them.

fot. Marcin Perkowski

fot. Marcin Perkowski

Monday, 18 January 2010

Herring gull (Larus argentatus) - the star from movie

Just one month left since i ringed the yelllow PCAE Herring gull (Larus argentatus). Last time Zbyszek Kajzer observed it near railway station in Szczecin. Just 2 km from the ringing place.

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

fot. Zbyszek Kazjer

Saturday, 16 January 2010

How to colour-ring a large gull ?

See how we ring large gulls in Poland.

Monday, 11 January 2010

Next Coot (Fulica atra) found in Germany

Next coot from the West Pomerania (Poland) was observed in Germany, exactly in Dresden. We are very glad becouse of the Interrex nackbands using in the project and them high read efficiency. Just several coots were banding in the West Pomerania and results as you can see are amaizing = 3 long distance recoveries.

fot. Hendrik Trapp - Coot (Fulica atra) with white nacband C57, Dresden [Germany]

Coots migration, [ringed in West Pomerania only]

Thanks Hendrik Trapp to report

Sunday, 10 January 2010

Swinoujscie dump

Last sights from Swinoujscie rubbish dump. Gulls from Sweden, Finland and Lithuania.

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer - swedish great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) M09NR

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer - finnish herring gull (Larus argentatus) C80EN

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer - finnish herring gull (Larus argentatus) C05KS

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer - lithuanian herring gull (Larus argentatus) 6L6A

Thursday, 7 January 2010

Slovakian and Lithuanian Mute swans (Cygnus olor) in Rzeszow

Recently Witold Ciesielka have read two foreign mute swans on the Wislok river in Rzeszow. First the Slovakian A2166 and second the Lithuanian 3A393. The Lithuanian one was ringed in Kaunas on march 2009 (so about 550 km distance).

fot. Witold Ciesielka - ZOOL.MUSEUM KAUNAS LITHUANIA 3A393

fot. Witold Ciesielka - ZOOL.MUSEUM KAUNAS LITHUANIA 3A393

fot. Witold Ciesielka - N.MUSEUM BRATISLAVA SLOVAKIA A2166

Our coot in Bremen! [Germany]

Just 2 months passed since i have ringed the coot (Fulica atra) with C60 neckband in Szczecin. On the 31th of December 2009 and the 1st of January 2010 the bird was observed in Bremen. It's nearly 400 km from the ringign place.

Results in the north-west Poland are amazing! Actually just 10 colourringed coots give us 1 long distance message.

Thanks Kai Dallmann to report.

fot. Marcin Sowa - the C60 durning ringing, Szczecin [Poland]

Pokaż C60 na większej mapie

fot. Kai Dallmann - Bremen-Burgdamm, Ihletal [Germany].

fot. Kai Dallmann - Bremen-Burgdamm, Ihletal [Germany].

Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Next Polish coot in Germany!

Yesterday the coot with white neckband C05 was observed in Bochum (Germany). Lukasz Borek ringed this bird on the 26th of September 2009 on Miedwie lake. The distance is 348 mile - actually it is the longest movement of polish colourringed coot. Thanks Reinhard Vohwinkel to report.

fot. Reinhard Vohwinkel