Herring Gull - RED [H-522] / white

Barneveld wastedump, 23.02.2011. Photo by Maarten W. Kaales.

Larus argentatus, second calendar year.Wastedump of Barneveld, The Netherlands, February 23, 2011 RED[H-522] (Helgoland N009798).
Ringdate: 03.07.2010 Amrum / Norddorf by Dr. Sönke Martens.

Project Herring Gull - RED

Red ring with white code (Hxxx) and (Helgoland) metal ring (on other leg), allways “H” at beginning.


Dr. Sönke Martens, Carl Gördelerweg 16, D-25524 Itzehoe, Germany.
e-mail : S.Martens@KH-Itzehoe.de
Note 1 : xxx stands for numbers and letters.
Note 2 : examples are H99X, H123, HA67, HX43, H789, H23A
Note 3 : rings are to be read from bottom to top, most rings have a “checkpoint”.
Note 4 : birds are ringed at Schleswig- Holstein.
Note 5 : some rings are used at Lesser Black-backed Gulls, see this species.