A Flickr-based weblog concerning sightings of colourringed gulls, illustrated with photo's from an international group of readers and ringers.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Black-headed Gull - WHITE [TT02]
Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus), 2nd calendar year
Zoetermeer, Benthuizerplas, The Netherlands, April 9, 2011. W[TT02] (Gdansk FN 82649). Second-calendar year (1st cycle) Black-headed gull in first-winter (formative) plumage with abraded tail feathers.
(Ringing date: June 6, 2010, Zb.Kuźnica Warężyńska, Poland. Age: pullus.)
Kokmeeuw (Chroicocephalus ridibundus), 2de kalenderjaar
Benthuizerplas, Zoetermeer, 9 april 2011. W[TT02] (Gdansk FN 82649). Tweede-kalenderjaar Kokmeeuw in eerste-winterkleed met slijtage in de staartveren.
(Ringdatum: 6 juni 2010, Zb.Kuźnica Warężyńska, Polen. Leeftijd: pullus.)