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Ringed Herring Gull

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:04 pm
by Eric Hopton
Hello everyone. This is my first post here so first of all I would like to say what an excellent site this is though I am a little in awe of the depth of knowledge on display. I hope this can only help my passion for gulls to grow.
These birds were photographed in Stavanger, Norway on June 27th 2011. They are both, I think 2cy Herring Gulls, very pale, very worn, with a metal ring on the right leg [unreadable] and a black ring with white letters on the left leg - the code on the first bird is J2995 and J2976 on the second. I have submitted a request for info to Euring but hoped someone here might know the origin of the bird or ring. Thanks in advance.

Re: Ringed Herring Gull

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:45 pm
by Ronald Klein
Colourrings with "J" are Norwegians. You should report it to Stavanger.

Re: Ringed Herring Gull

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 7:19 am
by little-W
Hi Eric,

Welcome to this forum.
You can report such rings on this excellent site: http://www.ringmerking.no/cr/.

Re: Ringed Herring Gull

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:36 am
by Eric Hopton
Thank you Ronald and Martin. The Norway link was great and I obtained life lists for both birds. They were both ringed locally and have been fairly local in their movements.