A ringed gull.....!

[bassist]

Out shopping today on preston docks ,spotted this gull with what i think is a ring on its leg......?is it a ring?Taken on my compact take it everywhere now.......!

[clydebirder]

It is indeed a ring, can you make out any details from the full size image?

cheers, John

[bassist]

I will e mail you the original.......maybe you can see the details?Errrr what type of gull is it?:This was heavily zoomed as it is....!

[astafjevs]

looks like a Herring Gull to me. The brown bird is also a Herring Gull, and the smaller bird is a Black Headed Gull, in my opinion.

[clydebirder]

The ringed bird is a Herring Gull and the smaller gull to the left is a Black-headed Gull but the juvenile bird at the back looks like a Lesser Black-backed Gull; note the "masked" appearance at the eye, mostly dark centered tertials ans appearance of a dark bar on the secondary coverts, all features of Lesser lack-back (will double check when I see the full res image)

cheers, John

[MIKE THROWER]

Originally Posted by bassist

Out shopping today on preston docks ,spotted this gull with what i think is a ring on its leg......?is it a ring?Taken on my compact take it everywhere now.......!

It is a Darvik Ring, which is one colour with bold Letters and numbers, so the ring is easier read. It will be bird from a study group, that is maping movement ect. Likely be from Britain but saying that, we have a ringed Med Gull ( 7P8 ) that roosts at Seton Sands come end of July..It is a Polish bird from a breeding group of 20x pair, this year it has been seen with another bird of the same group and a green ringed bird. This is 7P8's 7th winter with us ..... Cool EH!!

[clydebirder]

Originally Posted by MIKE THROWER

It is a Darvik Ring, which is one colour with bold Letters and numbers, so the ring is easier read. It will be bird from a study group, that is maping movement ect. Likely be from Britain but saying that, we have a ringed Med Gull ( 7P8 ) that roosts at Seton Sands come end of July..It is a Polish bird from a breeding group of 20x pair, this year it has been seen with another bird of the same group and a green ringed bird. This is 7P8's 7th winter with us ..... Cool EH!!

Hi Make, bassist is going to email me the full res image so hopefully be able to get the code and find a bit out about the bird

cheers, John

[Twitcheruth]

Originally Posted by clydebirder

Hi Make, bassist is going to email me the full res image so hopefully be able to get the code and find a bit out about the birdcheers, John

All very interesting.......do let us know if you are able to find out anything from the full image!

[clydebirder]

Originally Posted by Twitcheruth

All very interesting.......do let us know if you are able to find out anything from the full image!

Will do, If I can get details will post them on here.

It's realy interesting finding out about these birds, last year I got details from two marked Knot at Ruddon's Point in Fife which were ringed in northern Norway and were staging from their breeding grounds in Canada and Greenland, the ringer was very pleased as they were the first birds seen in the UK from his study, interesting stuff keep a look out for any marked birds (will look out some images of variously marked birds and post them, so you know what to look for)

cheers, John