Yellow S3E4 2cy micha Croatia

[marsmuusse]

On the beach of IJmuiden. 19 Oct 2009. Windy, autumn weather.
Classic textbook female micha.

[pim wolf]

and only the second Croatian YLG to be seen in the Netherlands?

pim

[Leon Edelaar]

Same bird year ago.
08 novembre 2008, also at IJmuiden.

The second from Croatia Pim?

Leon

[Theo Muusse]

Pim saw a 1cy (SSC6?) years ago at Westkapelle, a year later I saw that bird as 2nd cy at The Maasvlakte.
History repeats?

Theo Muusse

[Ruud Altenburg]

Unlike NTT8, this one never returned to Amsterdam...

Many Croatian birds seem to migrate up north. On the Łubna dump near Warsaw I saw 3-5 different birds per day in July/August. In fact, all but one colour-ringed michahellis over there came from Croatia!

[marsmuusse]

Received a mail within a week:

ZAGREB PA24451
Larus cachinnans michahellis 19.10.2009.
Ijmuiden, THE NETHERLANDS
Ringing 31.05.2008.
52.28 N 04.31 E
o. Zečevo, Krk, (HR04), CROATIA
yellow S3E4, 1121 km NW

Previous observations:

08.11.2008. Ijmuiden, THE NETHERLANDS 52.28 N 04.31 E
14.01.2009. lake Nimy, Mons, Hainaut, BELGIUM 50.27 N 03.56 E
14.02.2009. Les Barrages de l'Eau d'Heure, Cerfontaine (Namur), BELGIUM 50.12 N 04.23 E
02.06.2009. Imont Saint-Guibert, Brabant wallon, BELGIUM 50.40 N 04.40 E

[marsmuusse]

And again a mail by Jelena from Croatia:

Hi Mars

We have recoveries of only 6 different YLGs (from 11606 colour-ringed individuals) in the Netherlands. However, individual birds seem to prefer special places so some of them (as S3E4) returned to the same locality through several years. And obviously many birdwatchers are active in your country, as I regularly receive observations of the same bird from different people. It is very helpful, as we can see how long bird stayed in one area.

All the best

Jelena

[Ruud Altenburg]

A few more Croatian birds in this topic.