Blue-ringed LBB and some Argies.
Here a few photos of gulls seen today near my house. One a blue-ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull. White lettering on blue darvic (kind of Royal Blue). Ring number: JNA5
Where is it from? Iceland, the Severn or somewhere else? I haven’t found out yet. Whose ringing scheme is this? Any takers?
Scandinavian Herring Gull
3 beefy Northern argentatus; a first winter, a second winter (type) (added later: Peter Adriaens says its 3rd winter on prominent white primary tips) and an adult. The adult hasn’t finished growing outermost primaries- and its Christmas already!
Hi Martin,
My guess is that your C-R LBBG is a bird from Norway. We’ve had nearly 20 birds here at Cley that have been ringed in the same scheme (the blue ring and letter J identify it to the ringing project).
More details (taken from the superb site run by Dirk Raes (http://www.cr-birding.be/)
Pale blue ring with black code (letter J and 3 letters or 3 numbers or 3 letters and numbers).
Dark blue ring with white code (letter J and 3 letters or 3 numbers or 3 letters and numbers).
direct report : http://www.ringmerking.no
Hope that helps,
Mark
Excellent info Mr Golley- please ask your Harrier to stay on into January!
Martin