Darvic Black-headed Gulls migration

Every month i get a new recovery of my darvic Black-headed gulls which were ringed in the West Pomerania Province in Poland. This research become more and more interesting. Hope to write a publication about it in nearly future, but right now see these two birds.

Both of gulls were caught in winter time as 2cy.


T24N - north-south migrant
- caught in Stargard (Poland)
- wintering area beetwen Świdnica (Poland), Vienna (Austria), Cracow (Poland)
- breeding ? probably somewhere in the south

T42N - east-west migrant
- caught in Świnoujście (Poland)
-  wintering in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- breeding near Riga (Latvia)

чтить/Hello! Black-headed Gull

Not so often we receive a report of Polish-ringed bird in Russia. This is a large country with a low population density (just 8 Pop. per km2), so a chance to find ringed bird is even lower. FN77822 was also carrying the darvic ring TH08 when found in July 2010 at pond near Vozdvizhenskoe. The Gull was weak and released in dry place.


This bird had been ringed as 2cy on 15.12.2009 and covered a distance of 1419 km. Interestingly, FN77822 was cought using fishing line on my flat windowsill in Szczecin.

This is my first recovery of Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in Russia, hope not the last :)


How to catch a gull using finshing line

 Captured

2cy, Black-headed Gull

Map

Welcome Poland! LBBG (Larus fuscus)

It was just regular every week gullwatching at Miedwie Lake. We read there mainly gulls who previously captured in the city centre of Stargard. The Lesser Black-backed Gull is quite rare guest on our region, what more Polish ringers catch just few LBBGs a year. Lukasz and me didn't expected that this 1cy gull would be so timed to catch and ring it after 10 min.

What next ? Hope to see it on Madrid Gull Team website next year :)

fot. Lukasz Borek
fot. Lukasz Borek

Young Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Today spent a short while at my favorite place to gull's ring reading - Miedwie Lake. Luckily read a Croatian YLG with the yellow S62R. Have no idea why Croatian gulls like wintering in Poland...they have warmer climate than here for sure.

fot. Marcin Sowa
fot. Marcin Sowa

Croatian Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) at Miedwie Lake

Is not the first Croatian Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) who visit the Miedwie Lake (the fifth bigest lake in Poland). They really like roosting place on the north coast (Morzyczyn). Look forward to hearing from Luka about ringing details.

fot. Lukasz Borek - gulls readers :)

fot. Lukasz Borek - white SK41, 14.08.2011 Miedwie Lake

Visiting Mallorca

Zbyszek Kajzer spent his holiday at Mallorca. BTW he's read some Audouin's Gulls (Ichthyaetus audouinii) from Spanish project. Some pictures of them attached.

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer - Es Caragol, Mallorca

Spanish ringed Black-headed Gull breed on Mietkow lake

Great news from Maciej Gajewski. On the begining of the June he visited gull colony on Mietkow lake where he read the BHG with spannish ring. The gull was ringed on November 2009 in Barcelona (Zoo de Barcelona, Spain), about 1000 km distance to breeding area.

fot. Maciej Gajewski
fot. Maciej Gajewski

English Black-headed Gull on Miedzyzdroje beach [Poland]

On the begining of the June Piotrek Zientek read and photographed the Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) with ring LONDON EX 42382 in Międzyzdroje (Baltic Coast, Poland).

If anyone recognise this ring number, please contact us for details: kolring.team@gmail.com

fot. Piotrek Zientek
fot. Piotrek Zientek

Our Common Gulls (Larus canus) in Uckermunde

Just recived an email from Frank Joisten who has read two Common Gulls (Larus canus) in Uckermunde, Germany. What funny... both of them were ringed by polish ringers, but one bird in Szczecin, second probably in the Slask.

fot. Frank Joisten

Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) was caught in Gdansk-Szadolki dump !!!

fot. Sabina Kaszak
Unbelievable information from the Kuling group. Today durning their regular field work they caught and colourringed the Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) [first ever for Poland] in Gdansk-Szadolki rubbish dump. Congratulations guys !!!

fot. Sabina Kaszak

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

More Cr-ringed gulls from Polish Baltic Coast

More Cr-ringed gulls from Polish Baltic Coast read by Piotrek Zientek.

fot. Piotr Zientek - yellow PDVX (Poland)
fot. Piotr Zientek - ad. Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) white MA014, (Sweden)
fot. Piotr Zientek - ad. Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) white M75XR, (Sweden)
fot. Piotr Zientek - 3cy Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) white M06UR, (Sweden)

CR-ringed large gulls [Belorussian & Finnish]

Just have recived an email from Piotr Zientek, who's at Ujście Wisły up to now. On the 2nd of November 2010 he saw two interesting cr-ringed gulls in Jantar. First Belorussian Herring gull (Larus argentatus) was carrying a ring - KA53 and Great Black-backed gull (Larus marinus) from Finland (CC111).We are waiting for ringing data.

fot. Piotr Zientek - Black-backed gull (Larus marinus)



fot. Piotr Zientek - Herring gull (Larus argentatus)