Tuesday 18 July 2017

More Med. Gulls ... they're on the move ... Workington & Hauxley NR ...

It so often happens that going in search of one particular species results in finding something else ... and perhaps something more interesting ...

... and so it was two days ago ... while looking for Roseate Terns at Hauxley, a juvenile Med. Gull showed up ... and it was colour-ringed !



... just time to read the ring ... and off it went ...




... 2X8H ... black characters on a Yellow ring made it rather predictably a British-ringed bird ...

... and today word came back that it had been ringed on 22nd June on Coquet Island by Chris Redfern ... one of three chicks in a nest ... 

... today at Workington a small group of adult Med.Gulls was visible from the pier ,near the outfall pipe ... then from the footpath more flew in ... there were four adults a first-summer and a lovely juvenile ... an age group I don't see too often ...


... the regular Workington Med. Gull was flying around and another adult was on the far side of the harbour .. a total of eight birds ... later in the day a colour-ringed adult Med. Gull was at Anthorn .. the ring was white with black characters ( probably French ) but flew off too soon to be read ...

... after contacting my long-standing and endlessly friendly, enthusiastic and prompt contact Andreas at Hamburg, I got updates on two other gulls ringed on the same day but arriving on opposites coastlines of northern England ...

AAEJ ... a returning bird to the Workington area ...

... and AAJR ... which favoured the Northumberland coast ...



... despite AAEJ having returned regularly to Workington, it has continued its autumn journey to winter in Iberia ...


... in my quest to discover the breeding season whereabouts of the Workington Med. Gull aka Stumpy I sent photos to Andreas ...


... we may yet discover where she goes ...



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