Gulls

species:

Yellow-legged Gull

scientific name:

Larus michahellis

notes:

Red ring with a white 4 alpha-numeric code (letter 'P' into the code).

note 1 : gulls are ringed since 2012 in central and southern Poland as either breeding adults or chicks.

note 2 : species are L. argentatus (mainly central Poland), L. cachinnans, L. michahellis (mainly southern Poland) and hybrids between these three (everywhere). One L. fuscus and two hybrids L. fuscus x L. argentatus have also been ringed.

note 3 : there are quite many hybrids, not always possible to identify in the field, so please take a digiphoto if possible.

note 4 :

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Red [R]

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

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

countries where ringed:

Poland.

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