I had a bit of time of work today and as usual I went over to Shawell. This winter has proven to be good for white-winged gulls, but they are not the only gulls that visit us from the Arctic in winter. I spotted a Herring Gull at the lagoons that was wearing a black colour ring with a data logger attached to it. The colour-ring's code was JU683. Black colour-rings with the first letter being J always come from Norway. I saw another Norwegian colour-ringed Herring Gull JX511 last November, which had a data logger attached to its colour-ring and that one came from the very top of Norway close to the Russian border. JU683 was also ringed during the breeding season at Hornøya, Vardø, Finnmark - 2577 km away.
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Herring Gull (JU683) at Shawell A5 Lagoons, January 27th 2017
Another juvenile Glaucous Gull was at the sand quarry today. This was the smallest of the three seen so far.
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| Juvenile Glaucous Gull, Shawell Quarry, January 27th 2017 |