Gulls

species:

Black-headed Gull

scientific name:

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

notes:

White ring with a black four alpha-numeric code, starting letter 'B' followed by three numbers.

note 1 : used codes are : B001 - B999.

note 2 : 45 (2015), 0 (2016), 40 (2017), 79 (2018), 38 (2019), 53 (2020), 39 (2021), 47 (2022) and 45 (2023) chicks were ringed at Lake Ptuj, Drava River, NE Slovenia, in a mixed gull and tern colony (46°24'21.31"N, 15°53'11.40"E).

note 3 : till April 2024, 181 resighting of 65 different birds abroad and 672 local resighting of 159 different birds (mostly around/in colony) were reported.

note 4 : letter 'B' is in the lowest position (reading upwards) on the right leg, metal ring on the left leg.

note 5 : c-rings are used exclusively for ringing chicks with full-grown feathers.

note 6 :

email sighting submit:

email sighting submit (2):

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):

White [W]

colour-ring code (of the c-ring):

Four alpha-numeric code (4 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

Slovenija.

Images:

First letter/number (of the c-ring):