Saturday 22 November 2014

Newport

2 colour ringed Med Gulls today.
Green AJRN has been around since Nov 5. It was ringed as an adult on a nest near Hamburg in May 2010 & has mostly been seen in that area apart from a sighting in Dorset in Feb 11.
White 3E71 was ringed as a 3cy near Antwerp in June 05, & has been a regular visitor to West Wales with many sightings at Fishguard, Aberystwyth & Newport. I first saw it in Sept 08 & it spent most of Jan 2014 at Newport. Not surprisingly it's ring is beginning to look a bit tatty.
On another note a count of 77 Common Gulls 2 days ago set the Bird Track red light flashing.Similar numbers today.