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.

Ringed Herring Gull C0V22

On the 18th of December 2008 I observed the ringed adult Herring Gull C0V22 at the rubbish dump of Köping, Sweden. It was ringed on the 22nd of June the same year as an adult at Pori, Finland by Erkki Haukioja.

Ringed Herring Gull KV17

This Herring Gull was ringed as a youngster in nest in Kandalakshskiy Nature Reserve, Murmansk, Russia. The date was 9th of July in 2005 which makes it a 4cy bird when seen on the 3rd of October 2008 on the rubbish dump of Köping, Sweden. The distance between the ringing place and Köping is 1165 kilometers.
Press here to see the ringing location on a map. Here's Köping.
In this image the age is suggested by fleshy inner part of the bill in combination with the black subterminal markings. Note also the dark mantle of this north-eastern bird.

Ringed Herring Gull C52CU

The first winter C52CU was seen on the 26th of December 2008 in the harbour of Köping, Sweden. Information is on it's way from Finland, where it's ringed! Three Finnish-ringed birds of 700 in total indicates that a lot of the gulls where Finnish.

Ringed Herring Gull C0H08

An adult Finnish-ringed Herring Gull seen on the 26th of December 2008. More information will come!

Ringed Herring Gull C57UU

This very normal looking first winter Herring Gull was seen on the 26th of December 2008 together with C0H08 and C52CU in the harbour of Köping. I'll put up information when I recieve it!

Ringed Herring Gull C6V34

On the 16th and 17th of January I saw the ringed Herring Gull C6V34 on the rubbish dump of Köping who's. I have reported the bird to the Finnish Ringing Center and I'm still waiting for the information. As soon as I have it I'll put it up here! A pic of the bird is shown to the left and another one in the Herring Gull gallery. Note the complete (but not even broad) black bond on P5.