Herman Bouman invited me over to his local patch for some ring reading last week, which resulted in 5 rings in just under 2 hours.
Highlight was a first-calendar year Caspian, unfortunately we were not able to read the ring:
Caspian Gull, 1cy by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr
Caspian Gull, 1cy by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr
Among the other rings were two Dutch LBB's with color rings:
Green PJ2, ringed at the Europoort near Rotterdam:
Lesser Black-backed Gull, (L.f. graellsii), 15cy, G[PJ2] by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr
Lesser Black-backed Gull, (L.f. graellsii), 15cy, G[PJ2] by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr
...and Green Y.AXP from the Forteiland colony at IJmuiden (where I saw it a few weeks earlier):
Lesser Black-backed Gull, (L.f. graellsii), 1cy, G[Y.AXP] by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr
Note P1 in the left wing, it almost looks as if its half-grown?
Lesser Black-backed Gull, (L.f. graellsii), 1cy, G[Y.AXP] by little-W | Studying gulls, on Flickr
Kanaleneiland, Utrecht, September 10, 2011
Regards,
Maarten van Kleinwee
The Netherlands
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Blog: Gulls to the horizon
Twitter: @Argentatus
Maarten van Kleinwee
The Netherlands
http://www.flickr.com/photos/little-w/
Blog: Gulls to the horizon
Twitter: @Argentatus