Today we stopped in at Whitlingham CP. We are not usually in the area, but were visiting a couple of furniture stores for conservatory seating and made the most of the journey.
We were expecting to see some Black-headed gulls with Blue darvics as SV regularly catches and marks gulls at this location. Two such birds were seen.
Age 5 2K74
Adult 2K96
J96 has been around for a while, with no other Barnacle geese, and appreciates the free feed.
Two metal rings were also read. Both birds are well known at the site, but that doesn't limit the satisfaction of getting whole metal ring sequences on foreign ringed birds.
One of four images that provided the entire number of
Lithuanian ringed Black-headed gull HA50.955 ringed
on the 15th June 2019.
6241523 ringed under the Danish scheme has a foot injury, ringed
on 26th November 2010.
GY33914 the last digit is not completely visible on this image.
We were also able to read the ring of the Mandarin duck ringed last year.
FJ35935, ringed recently at the CP.
