Beautiful flight of a Greenfinch

I like to netting birds at my feeder but even more to get news about them afterwards. BTW it's the first such great control of my over 300 colour-ringed Greenfinches. Had captured 6YR (an adult, female) on the 30.10.2011 in Stargard Szczecinski, Poland and more then 4 mounths later Lars Jonsson (author of the fieldguide Birds of Europe) found it at his garden in Gotland, Sweden.

fot. Lars Jonsson

more then 720 km distance beetwen ringing and control place

The Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) with neckbank

Today i observed a big flock of Barnacle Goose (136 birds) in Obryta near Miedwie Lake. See the short movie. BTW read the White-fronted Goose with lime neckband. I've chceked already the "Tracking Marked Geese" website and found the map with previous reports - amazing! see below.

fot. Marcin Sowa - light green C25

Return from the Netherlands

I've received very good news from Michal Kizielewicz about C77 Coot. It's again at Rusalka Lake in Szczecin and is preparing to breeding season.

Thanks to Michal for info.

fot. Michal Kizielewicz

Welcome back 1R82

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