As I've already mentioned, during my trip to Portugal I read the plastic colour rings on 60 gulls.
Below is a selection of photos of some of these birds starting with my favourite image:
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, J6UX, Norwegian Ringed, Regular Records from Spain and Portugal in Winter
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull, JJ9T, Norwegian Ringed, Recorded in Western Sahara, February 2012 |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull, T:55M, Ringed in Aberdeen this Summer |
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| 1st Year Lesser Black-backed Gull, LLLJ, ringed in Suffolk |
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| 1st Year Lesser Black-backed Gull, Z.E, Ringed in Holland this Summer |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull, K.J, Ringed in Holland |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull, BO, Ringed in Holland |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2.V3, Ringed on Sark, Channel Islands |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4AW3, Ringed on Guernsey |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3AC5, Ringed on Guernsey |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull, 6AJ6, Ringed on Guernsey |
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| Ringed as a Lesser Black-backed Gull, M+C, but may be either a Herring Gull or a hybrid. Ringed in Bristol |
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CTY ringed in Gloucestershire
The last four were all rescued by the RIAS - Centro de Recuperação e Investigação de Animais Selvagens Ria Formosa. They were rehabilitated and released and are surviving well as you can see. |
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| Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull F305 |
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| Second-winter Yellow-legged Gull F181 |
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| Fourth Year Yellow-legged Gull F052 |
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| Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull F196 |
