Yesterday all the local ponds were frozen….This was an ideal time to check up on my old friend from Norway…the Black-headed gull which appeared at nearby Harold Park lake in the winter of last year. And sure enough it was there waiting on the ice ready to take advantage when a member of the public fed the local ducks.
I submitted my sighting again to the Norway Gull ringing scheme which shows the bird return to Norway on the 13/7/2017 and has then returned to Low Moor to probably spend the winter on the easy pickings at Harold Park lake…
| Gull colour ringing in Norway (8) Last CR-Code Green ring with white code: J21Z LBM;RBGW(J21Z) Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 6236522 Species Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus |
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| Date | Place | Coordinates | Days | Distance | ||
| 22/4/2016 | Mosvatnet østsiden, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway | 58°57’26″N 005°43’09″E | —– | Hatched—– | — | |
| 30/6/2016 | Mosvangen Camping, Mosvatnet, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway | 58°57’10″N 005°42’53″E | 69 | 1 | ||
| 9/7/2016 | Breiavatnet, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway | 58°58’07″N 005°44’02″E | 78 | 2 | ||
| 23/1/2017 | Harold Park Lake, Low | 53°45’22″N 001°46’29″W | 276 | 739 | ||
| 25/1/2017 | Harold Park Lake, | 53°45’22″N 001°46’29″W | 278 | 739 | ||
| 26/1/2017 | Harold Park Lake, | 53°45’22″N 001°46’29″W | 279 | 739 | ||
| 13/7/2017 | Vassverktjønna, Åsen, Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway | 58°56’25″N 005°44’00″E | 447 | 2 | ||
| 12/12/2017 | Harold Park Lake, | 53°45’22″N 001°46’29″W | 599 | 739 | ||
