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It has been four years since i captured an adult Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) on the Kierskie Lake (Poznan). Recently seen there again after two years of lack of information. It has a very interesting life history so far:

winter 2008 - Kierskie Lake and month after went to Belarus
winter 2009 - Denmark
winter 2012 - again Kierskie Lake

As You can see, it has been observed only in winter time. Propably it is breeding on the east of Europe.

Thanks to Slawek Karpicki for pictures.

fot. Slawek Karpicki
fot. Slawek Karpicki
fot. Slawek Karpicki

Short-term movement of C77 Coot

Just received great news about white C77 Coot (Fulica atra), which i captured on Kacprowicza Park, Szczecin on December 2011. It has been there since the 30.01.2012 and 8 days later moved to the De Wijde Blik Lake near Amsterdam, Netherlands (643 km from ringing place). Thanks to Chris Meewis for information and nice pictures.

fot. Chris Meewis
fot. Chris Meewis

Estonian and Swedish Common Gulls

Today spent few min after my work on the Miedzyzdroje's beach. Despite a storm on the sea there were lots of BHG and Common Gull. I read one Estonian, white PP67 and controlled Swedish Common Gull!!! As you can see on the picture i added it a brand new red plastic ring T515 from our Polish project. From now it should be more recognizable and may get more recoveries.

fot. Marcin Sowa - Estonian Common Gull


fot. Marcin Sowa - Swedish Common Gull

fot. Marcin Sowa - Swedish Common Gull wit Polish plastic ring T515

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2012

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

Breeding Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Yesterday Lukasz Borek ringed two barn owl chicks in one of a church tower near Stargard Szczecinski, Poland. As you can see they are few days to fly out. It is amazing that this species can breeding right now (i mean we have late autumn in Poland).

fot. Cezary Korkosz

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

The long-distance flight of urban Mallard

I have recived message from Witold Cieselka about his very nice recovery of the Mallard. He read Czech duck (N. MUSEUM PRAHA C 88977) on Wislok river in Rzeszow. Interestingly the bird was ringed in the city centre of Praha.

fot. Witold Ciesielka
fot. Witold Ciesielka
fot. Witold Ciesielka

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