Mediterranean Gull Red YHE8

Thursday, October 25, 2012 Adam Tilt 8 Comments

Back in September I photographed several Mediterranean Gulls at Bracelet Bay, one of which was ringed. Regular readers will know that this is a fairly common occurrence there and I have previously sent off details of my sightings to discover the life history of each bird. I did the same with Red YHE8 this time around, only to find out that I saw the same individual in the same place just under a year ago. Since then it has spent the breeding season in Hungary and is now back with us for the fourth year running. Fascinating information and a perfect example of why you should report ringed birds if you're lucky enough to see them.

25036 - Mediterranean Gull (YHE8), Bracelet Bay

September 2011

28808 - Mediterranean Gull, Bracelet Bay

September 2012

09.05.2009.    Palić lake,Subotica,Vojvodina(RS78),Serbia                     46º04'29"N ; 019º43'09"E    A.Žuljević & N.Spremo
13.10.2009.    Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK      51.34N 003.59W       B. Stewart
19.10.2009.    Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK                      51.34N 003.59W       B. Stewart
16.07.2010.    Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK                      51.34N 003.59W       B. Stewart
02.07.2011.    Csaj-to,Tömörkény,Csongrád(HG43),Hungary                  46°34'29"N ; 020°04'41"E    A. Mórocz
16.07.2011.    Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK      51.34N 003.59W       A. John
23.07.2011.    Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK      51.34N 003.59W                 A. John
24.07.2011.    Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK      51.34N 003.59W                 B. Stewart
25.09.2011.    Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK      51.34N 003.59W                 A. John
25.10.2011.    Bracelet Bay, Mumbles, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK     51.34N 004.00W                 A. John
16.03.2012.    Csaj-to,Tömörkény,Csongrád(HG43),Hungary                    46°34'29"N ; 020°04'41"E    G. Hajas
21.08.2012.    Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK      51.34N 003.59W                 A. John
22.08.2012.    Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK                      51.34N 003.59W                 D. & M. Sawyer

25.09.2012. Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK 51.34N 003.59W A. John
29.09.2012. Bracelet Bay, Swansea ,(GBW?), Wales , UK 51.34N 003.59W A. Tilt

8 comments:

theconstantwalker25 October 2012 at 22:56
Wonderful to see Adam...
AJ ( WestCross)26 October 2012 at 09:26
Hi Adam... I am the A John on the Med gull listing.. I should have sent you the excel sheet when I first saw the post
holdingmoments26 October 2012 at 15:26
I always find it fascinating when I report ringed birds and find out where they've been.
Sondra27 October 2012 at 01:50
I dont enjoy seeing the rings on the birds legs, but it sure does help to know where they have been. This gull seems to be right where he wants to be!
Dave29 October 2012 at 09:07
Great info and nice feedback, I am a little like Sondra in that I dont like to see ringson birds legs, but yes the info is usefull
Adam Tilt1 November 2012 at 19:09
Thanks all.
Paul Seligman7 November 2012 at 21:15
I dipped out of geography in the third form (year 8 now? but I didn't think either Hungary or Swansea were Mediterranean...

More seriously, perhaps you should tell your eager readers where to report any ringed birds they might see. I reported one earlier this year via http://blx1.bto.org/euring/main/

but this page is also a useful resource and explantion of "why report a ringed bird : http://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/ringing/about/why-report-ringed-bird"
Sandra Evans29 June 2015 at 23:19
I just thought I would let you know I saw this bird yesterday at Bracelet Bay and have reported it to the bto - what a beautiful bird :) Check out my pic of it here... www.sands30dayswild.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/day-28.html