Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2011

Finnish Great Black-backed Gull on the Wloclawek dam

Some news from central Poland. On the end of November Michał Radziszewski observed a finnish Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) on Wloclawek dam. The bird had been ringed in Espoo on summer 2010 as adult.

The Wloclawek dam on Wisła river is one the bigest hydroelectric powerstation in Poland. There is also a gulls colony: Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) & Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnas) and their hybrids.

fot. Michał Radziszewski

Distance about 900 km

Ring read at Rewal beach [Batlic sea]

Some new ring read at Rewal from yeasterday. Both Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) read by Piotrek Zientek. One from Polish project and the second German.

The whole life history of the X79C you can get at the green gull website. As you can see the gull was ringed in Germany and after flew to Denmark.

fot. Piotr Zientek - Herring Gulls and Great Black -backed Gulls

fot. Piotr Zientek - German Herring Gull

fot. Piotr Zientek - Polish Herring Gull

Colourringed gulls on Świnoujście's rubbish tip

Today Zbyszek Kajzer and Marcin Solowiej got on Rubbish tip in Świnoujście. We have beautifull winter right now in West Pomerania. That reason there are lot's of hungry gulls, which are tame. Zbyszek and Marcin have read:

- 4 Herring gulls Poland (green with P)
- 5 Herring gulls from Finland
- 1 Herring gull from Lithuania
- 1 Common gull from Netherlands

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer - Lithuanian Herring gull (Larus argentatus)

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer- guest from Netherlands

Finnish gulls


fot. Zbyszek Kajzer
fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer


fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer


Polish gulls

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer