Ringed GBbG JA274

On the 1st of March a colour-ringed Great Black-backed Gull stood on a pier in the harbour of Peterhead, Scotland. JA274 the white code on the black ring said. A couple of minutes after signing in to the new gull ringing homesite of Norway I could see the history of the bird. It was ringed by Morten Helberg in Mandal, Norway on the 28th of June 2008.

If you see a colour-ringed gull you believe is norwegian, sign in to www.ringmerking.no/cr and get the history right away!

Press here to see the ringing place and Peterhead on a map.

Ringed GBbG JET5

Since we only have about three Great Black-backed Gulls present in Köping I was quite stunned when I saw that one of the adults was ringed. I got even more happy when I saw the bird was ringed in Norway! After reporting it on our Swedish bird system I got an e-mail saying the gull has been a regular winter guest earlier years in Västerås, about 35 kilometers to the east. It was first seen there in 2003 and it's ringed as an adult female in northern Norway. I'm waiting for more information! It would be really fun if the bird has been seen in summer time on a breeding spot any of the years between 2003 and now.