Wednesday 13 August 2014

COLOUR-RINGED MEDITERRANEAN GULLS

These summarised details of birds recently seen in Ceredigion show further insights as to where they breed in northern France and Belgium, their migration stop-overs and wintering destinations. What I think is remarkable is their westward (even slightly north-westward) flight to Ceredigion after the breeding season before they fly south to the Iberian Peninsular.
White ring 3K79:
2006 ringed as a pullus near Antwerp on 23rd May. Last seen there on 13th July. 23rd July at Cley, Norfolk. 12th October at Aberaeron (Liz Snell).
2007 at Iclesham, Sussex in April. 2009 and 2010 at Zeeland, Holland in April.  7th August 2010 at Llanon (LS).
2011 at Iclesham in March. 1st September at Llanon (Janet Baxter).
2012 at Iclesham in February. 13th August at Llanon (Elfyn Lewis).
2014 near Antwerp in April. Llansantffraed on 26th June and 21st July (JAD).
White ring 39V7
2008 ringed as a pullus at Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium on 16th June. Still there on 10th July.
2010 at Estremadura, Portugal in January and Pas de Calais, France in April. 7th August at Llanon (LS).        2011 at Indre-et-Loire, France in March.
2012 at Aberystwyth during August (Chris Bird) and Estremadura in October.
2013 near Antwerp in July.        2014 at Llansantffraed on 26th June (JAD).
Green ring 6MZ
2010 ringed as a pullus at Jabline, Seine-et-Marne, France on 19th June. 7th August at Llanon (LS). Ria A Coruna, Spain in October.
2011 at Vendee, France in April. Indre-et-Loire in May. Llansantffraed on 20th September (JAD).
2013 at Pontevedra, Spain in January. Llanon on 15th August (LS). La Coruna, Spain in November.        2014 at Aberystwyth on 21st July (CB).
Green ring RN10
2013 ringed as a pullus at Yonne, France on 23rd June.
2014 at Malaga, Spain in March. At Aberystwyth on 21st July (CB).