Gull ringing project – recoveries update Spring 2001

Most of you will have seen notices in previous newsletters and on various boards concerning the Lesser Black-backed Gull ringing project carried out at Tarnbrook, Ribble Marshes and Walney Island.   One of the feasible birdwatching sites during the F & M is viewing the river in the area of the Golden Ball.    Here you may encounter LBBGs with darvic rings, easily read with a zoom lens.    Just to show you that many of these now have Life Histories which include Iberian and north-west African sightings, here is an example from Pete Crooks' observations in the Year 2000.  As the birds mature, more and more will be returning from the wintering/non-breeding area, so there is a good chance that any you read may have an interesting life history

GA18144    Ringed:   Tarnbrook (Bowland)                Nestling            10/7/98

& darvic      Seen       Matosinhos, Portugal                                     31/8/98

                 Seen        Agroud, Portugal                                         1/10/98

                 Seen        River Luhne, Lancaster Tip                            8/6/00

Please send details to Pete Crooks p.crooks@ucsm.ac.uk or the Editor so that sightings can be co-ordinated before forwarding to Dave.   Thank you.