Thought that I'd better have a night-time look for waders on the Teifi tonight, as my fellow ringers venturing to the Ceredigion coast in the last 2 evenings have been ringing Whooper Swans, & Teal whilst looking for Woodcock & Golden Plovers!
No waders on either Patch or Poppit this HT, but I did see this lone gull on Poppit Sands.
Under torchlight it was easy to see that it was ringed...a large ring though!
I knew it wasn't a BTO ring (too big). Having caught the bird (with a net), I took it to the Lifeboat Station lighting to read carefully...
ST154.759
MUSEUM ZOOLOG.
HELSINKI - FINLAND.
Aged a (6) adult, with a wing of c315mm (ruler only goes to 300ml)
No waders on either Patch or Poppit this HT, but I did see this lone gull on Poppit Sands.
Under torchlight it was easy to see that it was ringed...a large ring though!
I knew it wasn't a BTO ring (too big). Having caught the bird (with a net), I took it to the Lifeboat Station lighting to read carefully...
ST154.759
MUSEUM ZOOLOG.
HELSINKI - FINLAND.
Aged a (6) adult, with a wing of c315mm (ruler only goes to 300ml)
The white colour-ringed BH Gulls we see are (all?) ringed in the nest at the Cotswold Water Park...but this one .....we will see...?