Along with the Med gull at Marazion I found this colour ringed Black Headed Gull and the following information is its life history so far.Recapture History
Ring Age/ Capture
number Type Date Initial Details
Black-headed Gull
EW55037 N 1 12/06/07 Cleveland Farm, Wiltshire
S 4 Sighted 24/12/08 Drift Reservoir, Penzance, Cornwall (327 km, WSW, 1 yr 195days)
O 6 Sighted 16/05/09 NA Cleveland Farm, Wiltshire (1 yr 338days)
S 4 Sighted 06/08/10 Marazion beach, Cornwall (302 km, SW, 3 yrs 55days) .
Ring Age/ Capture
number Type Date Initial Details
Black-headed Gull
EW55037 N 1 12/06/07 Cleveland Farm, Wiltshire
S 4 Sighted 24/12/08 Drift Reservoir, Penzance, Cornwall (327 km, WSW, 1 yr 195days)
O 6 Sighted 16/05/09 NA Cleveland Farm, Wiltshire (1 yr 338days)
S 4 Sighted 06/08/10 Marazion beach, Cornwall (302 km, SW, 3 yrs 55days) .
The juvenile Mediterranean Gull in the previous post originated from Belgium, and was ringed somewhere between Antwerp and Brussels. Unfortunately I could not capture enough information from the ring to discover its exact ringing location. As it is a first year bird its history would be recent. Thank you to Andy Pay for the information on researching ringed Mediterranean Gulls, check out his blog at http://wfarmnaturereserve.blogspot.com/ . Also if you should find a coloured ringed Med Gull visit this
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