3 Croatian Black-headed gulls on the Miedwie lake!

Miedwie lake is the one of the best places in zachodniopomorskie to watch the roosting gulls. Durning last 2 weekes were observed here 3 Croatian BHG. The white S552, which was at Miedwie also in 10 VII 2008 and S740, S866. A fortune..?!

Actually we know the life history of the S552. Was ringed as an adult in Split on April 2007 and flew 1115 km to the Miedwie lake.

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

fot. Zbyszek Kajzer

The S552 path.

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The 06CK Mute swan (Cygnus olor) return

The Mute swan (Cygnus olor) from the movie was observed yesterday in the Miedwie lake, PL where was ringed as the pull in 2002. In the meantime the swan was in Germany and Denmark...& now back to the birthplace. We wonder how long he stays.

fot. Marcin Sowa
fot. Marcin Sowa

First long-distance coot movement

We have first ever long-distance movement of colour banded coot. Today one with the white neckband E11 was observed in Dychow, lubuskie 170 km from the ringing place. The bird was ringed in Chodziez, 21 days earlier.

fot. Paweł Czechowski

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The Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) caught in Swinoujscie

Last time on Swinoujscie beach was caught a 1cy Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus). It got metal and colour rings. Maybe for foreign ringers is nothing special but in Poland we ring LBBGs rare. In 2008 were ringed just 3 birds, in 2007 none. We look forward to hearing from spanish ringreaders about this gull :)

See raports of polish ringed birds:
- 2008
- 2007 

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

The Coot (Fulica atra) polish project!

First polish colour-ringed coots flew away on holidays 2009. The neckbands that we are using are white with black digits (exact information about project you can find here). At the moment have more than 50 ringed birds and going to catch several hundred durning winter. Coots are being colour-ringed (present) in 4 parts of Poland: zachodniopomorskie, wielkopolskie, lodzkie and slask.

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

The Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) on the polish seaside

Last time on Swinoujscie beach i was obserwed a tame, juv Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis). The bird was walking among people and feared nothing. So after a while was mine :) Hope that she will fly further to the south.

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

Lesser Black-backed Gull in Świnoujście

Last thursday we observed 1cy LBBG with cr-ring black code J4HH in Świnoujście. It has been ringed in Musvær, Tromsø, Troms, Norway at the end of the june. The distance between ringing place is nearly 1800 km !!!.

Kolring TEAM starts colourmarking Herring gulls (Larus argentatus)

On October 2009 the Kolring TEAM started marking wintering Herring gulls. The area of reaserch is the NW part of Poland (especially zachodniopomorskie). We would like to know where these wintering gulls come from and how they relocated.

Codes that we are using: green 00P9 - 99P9. If You will see a gull with our ring please inform us.

fot. Marcin Sowa

fot. Marcin Sowa

Cooming back

We are comming back after shot break. Now we are full of energy to work :)

Miedwie trip

Finally found some time to ringreading. Today me and Lukasz were on the Miedwie lake. Saw nice flock of Common Cranes - about 520 birds. One had combinations of colour rings (probably become to german project).

fot. Łukasz Borek


fot. Łukasz Borek



Visited also Morzyczyn - gulls roosting area. Have seen there BHG with plastic ring and some with metal rings, all of them polish.

fot. Łukasz Borek