Last Monday Chris was back at his usual spot by the prom. at Aberystwyth and noted a colour-ringed Herring Gull on College Rocks, Yellow YJ69.
The details of this bird have just been sent to me:
It’s a bird which was colour-ringed ringed at Harewood Whin landfill
site, to the west of York, (53.960 -1.177). The bird was caught using a Cannon
Net and is one of around 2500 Gulls which have been caught and colour ringed to
date.
Harewood Whin is one of the decreasing number of Landfill sites in the UK
where it is possible to operate for the catching and ringing of gulls. Whilst
with us the gulls feed on the Landfill site during the day and roost on the
floods in Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve or on the Humber Estuary.
The bird was rung on 28th July 2017 and yours is the first sighting since it was
rung
I hope you find this of interest and many thanks for taking the time to
report your sighting.
Mike
Jackson