| The bird was
rung at South Walney NR in Cumbria. Due to the date of
this bird's occurrence at Eakring, it's age and the first
use of black colour rings with yellow digits at the
ringing site, this gull was probably rung in 1998 or
1999. Exact details of the bird's known movements may
hopefully arrive at a future date, if the ring number can
be specifically identified and attributed to a single
bird. Further
information on the NW Gull Project of David Sowter
The NW Gull project, which
involves ringing and colour marking juvenile Lesser
Black-backed Gulls at three large colonies in the
north-west of the UK, has been running each year since
1997 with exception of 2001 due to foot and mouth
restrictions. A smaller number of gulls have also been
ringed at roost or feeding sites. The project's aim is to
look at the level of movement between colonies and the
interaction between gulls at feeding/roosting sites as
well as on migration. With permission of Cumbria Wildlife
Trust and the warden(s) of the South Walney Nature
Reserve, there has been ringing of gulls on this dune
site at the south end of Walney island since at least the
early 1960's. The ringing was continued (led by Ian
Spence and Rob Shaw) through the 1980's and 1990's.
Colour rings used
1997
Pale-Green showing white single letter code indicating
the ringing site R=Ribble, T=Tarnbrook, W=Walney. 1998-2005
Black showing yellow 4-letter/number combination code
with the initial letter indicating the site as in 1997.
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