The first real serious ringing attempt for 2011 and a trip out with the North Thames Gull Group to Pitsea tip. There was quite a decent number of ringers present with Jez Blackbird being master of ceremonies again for the day. The household refuse was already waiting for us and after a run over by the compactor we managed two good catches, the first mainly of small gulls, the second with more bigger gulls, with a good number of Greater Black-backed Gulls. Also on the second catch at various times two adult Mediterranean Gulls were in the catching area, but at firing only the adult with a virtually full hood was in the area, but it managed to move off too quickly and avoided capture.Totals for the day were:
| Black-headed Gull | 490 plus 6 controls and t re-trap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Gull | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Herring Gull | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greater-black Backed Gull | 23 plus 1 control | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Polish rung adult Black-headed Gull
Biometric taking - Greater Black-backed Gull
2nd winter Norwegian rung Greater-black Backed Gull