Gulls

species:

Herring Gull

scientific name:

Larus argentatus

notes:

White ring with a black 2 alpha code (on left tibia).

note 1 : all rings are of the same design, with the letter repeated round the ring, so that the letters read horizontally on a standing bird. See image LBbG.

note 2 : birds are ringed as breeding adults on Skomer Island, Wales, as part of long-term population monitoring dating back to the 1970s

note 3 : Only the 20 letters A, B, C , D, F, H, I, J, K, L, N, O, P, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z are used, since the others are too large (W , M) or too likely to other letters (E, G, Q, R).

note 4 :

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

White [W]

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

Two alpha code (2 letters).

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

Tibia left.

countries where ringed:

United Kingdom.

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