Wonderful weekend with gulls

The past weekend had a little of everything. Lesser Black-backed Gulls settled well on Chouet Landfill Beach on Friday - where amongst the local birds were a couple of foreign colour-ringed birds. Pale Green 4WF had been ringed as a chick on Flat Holm, Cardiff, Wales on 02/07/06 (Brian Bailey), while Yellow AG was ringed as a pullus in June 2007 at Moerdijk, The Netherlands (Roland-Jan Buijs).

LBBG Pale Green 4WF Chouet landfill Beach 09 April 10 - PKV

LBBG Yellow AG Chouet Landfill Beach 09 April 10 - PKV

LBBG Blue ACE Chouet Landfill Beach 09 April 10 (ringed Gloucester, England 11/11/06 - Severn Estuary Gull Group)

LBBG White 8.Z7 CLB - 09 April 10

LBBG White 4.T7 CLB - 09 April 10 - PKV

LBBG White 7.T7 CLB - 09 April 10 - PKV

LBBG White 0.U4 CLB - 09 April 10 - PKV

Herring Gull 1.RR1 copulating CLB - 09 April 10 - PKV

LBBG White 1.T3 Chouet Beach 09 April 10 - PKV

On Sunday 11th April Catherine and I made our first "multiple" gull catch of the season in the garden. 10 Herring Gulls were caught and colour ringed, along with a single Lesser Black-backed Gull. A further 10 Herring Gulls were caught on early on Monday morning.

Catherine and LBBG White 8.T3 Ty Coed 11 April 10 - PKV

LBBG White 8.T3 Ty Coed 11 April 10 - PKV

Herring Gull 6.CC8 Ty Coed 11 April 10 - PKV