Larus cachinnans

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Łukasz Bednarz is a very active ringer as well as a very gifted illustrator and artist. Please visit Łukasz's BLOG "Wildlife art and illustration" for beautiful drawings.

Islands in river Vistula (Polish: Wisła) near Zastów Karczmiski, stronghold for Caspian Gulls. Picture: Paweł Jaszczuk & Greg Neubauer.

Zastów Karczmiski & Wytyckie Lake, eastern Poland.

With a population of over 350.000 people, Lublin is one of the larger cities in east Poland close to both the Ukrain and the Belarus border. If you travel only 45 km to the west, you'll find yourself in the Vistula river valley (Polish: Wisła river). This is one of Poland's larger colonies of Larus cachinnans, with about 600 breeding pairs in 2012, situated close to the village Zastów Karczmiski (click link for more info).
50 km's to northeast of Lublin, close to the town of Urszulin, is a large lake called "Wytyckie" (in Polish: Jezioro Wytyckie), about 1700 x 3700 meters large. It is dotted with small islands and fringed with reedbeds, and this location too holds good numbers of Larus cachinnans, about 150 breeding pairs in 2012.
In both locations, Zastów Karczmiski and the lake Wytyckie, Polish ringer and illustrator Łukasz Bednarz spend much time in the breeding season between April and July to do ringing projects and field research.

The map below illustrates the ringing activities in eastern Poland for year 2012 (courtesy Łukasz Bednarz). It is clear most time and energy was spend on ringing birds in the colony of lake Wytyckie.

Zastów Karczmiski - islands in River Wisła, stronghold for Caspian Gulls.

In 2004 240 breeding pairs (95% cachinnans, <5% argentatus). (Ornis Fennica 2011 88, 80-89) and in 2012 592 pairs (90% cachinnans, <10% hybrid / argentatus). (pers comm. Łukasz Bednarz).

Picture: Paweł Jaszczuk.


River Vistula in summer. Picture: Jola i Sławek Snopkowie


River Vistula in summer. Picture: Jola i Sławek Snopkowie
Part of the largest colony of large gulls in Poland, near Zastów Karczmiski, middle Vistula. May 2004. (Picture: Greg Neubauer) Middle Vistula river near Zastów Karczmiski.

Location Wytyckie Lake.

In breeding season 2012, Larus cachinnans were ringed mainly at location Wytyckie Lake, near Urszulin. In total the ringing team ringed 59 adults "large white-headed gulls" (most cachinnans) and 160 pulli.
From these birds, they have received a total of 143 reports of recoveries, including 31 foreign recoveries. For most of the birds, the main migrating direction was westwards, although a few birds were seen in Sweden and Italy (and even south of Rome, which is a good 1241 km from the native colony in Wytyckie Lake.

Among the birds travelling the largest distance, were 1st winter birds flying to the south of the English Channel in NW France, which is a mere 1451 km from the ringing place. Other young birds were seen in Belgium (still a good 1325 km) and in the Netherlands (1217 km) from the ringing location.

See map below (blue pointers are birds ringed in Zastów Karczmiski, yellow pointers for birds from Lake Wytyckie):

It is always nice to get reports from distant locations, far abroad (the countries mentioned above, but also Sweden, Croatia, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia); but bulk of the ringed birds spend the winter in western Poland and in Germany. Of all the birds observed in Poland, most ring reading reports come from The Witoszówka (Lower Silesia), as well as from the surroundings of Poznań and Bydgoszcz. A few birds were seen also on the Polish coast of the Baltic Sea. Anyone looking for ringed birds especially, should check among the many gulls that feed on landfills in winter. The Uskok's Group is a group checking gulls regularly, they took control and worked mostly on the joints in Siemieniu, in Stoczek near Czemiernik in the Valley of the Tyśmienicy, as well as on the Vistula River.
Ready to be processed. (picture: Pawel Kołodziejczyk) Ringing and measuring. (picture: Pawel Kołodziejczyk)
Paddling home after ringing. (picture: Pawel Kołodziejczyk) Fresh juveniles, just before leaving the colony at Wytyckie Lake. Can you spot a green ring? (picture: Łukasz Bednarz)

In breeding season 2014, Łukasz Bednarz examined many breeding birds in the hand, on both locations. For both locations, a set of ringed birds has been added to this website.

- birds ringed in 2014 at Zastów Karczmiski.

- birds ringed in 2014 at Wytyckie Lake.`

Another location was visited, only to ring birds on one day, as it is a much smaller population:

- birds ringed in 2014 at Wincentów near Lublin.

Larus cachinnans 2CY-4CY UKK L-010265 March 2011 - February 2013, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 2CY UKK L-010442 March 02 2012, Ashdod, Israel (31°53'13.81"N 34°40'39.98"E). Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2CY UKK T-002130 March 22 2007, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans hybrid 1CY-2CY P463 December 2012 & March 2013, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 2CY 5P79 January-March 2007, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans hybrid 1CY-2CY 74P1 October 2006 & March 2007, Poland & Germany. Picture: Zbigniew Kajzer & Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 2CY 536P February - April 2003, CET Tiercé & Lac de Maine, Angers, France. Picture: Alain Fossé.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PADA March 13 2010, Penketh Cheshire, Great Britain. Picture: P Kinsella.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PAKL March 03 2010, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 1CY-2CY PCTN October 2012 - March 2013, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PESC February - March 2012, W. France. Picture: Alain Fossé & David Madiot.
Larus cachinnans 2cy-3cy PHHA January 2012 - March 2013, Sambre - lock complex Malonne, Namur, Belgium. Picture: Alain de Broyer.
Larus cachinnans 1CY-2CY PHHS October 2011 & March 2012, the Netherlands. Picture: Vincent van der Spek & O.J. Goreng.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PHHV March 22 2012, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 2CY-3CY PHLC March - April 2012 & April 2013, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 1CY-2CY-3CY PKAX September 2011, January-March 2012, April 2013, Minden, Germany. Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 1CY-2CY PKND October, November, December 2012 & March 2013, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PKSE March 21 2013, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans hybrid? 1CY-2CY PKUS December 28 2012 & March 06 2013, Malonne - Namen, Belgium. Picture: Alain de Broyer.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PKUU March 28 2013, CET Champteussé-sur-Baconne, France. Picture: Alain Fossé.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PKUX March 14 2013, CET La Séguinière, France. Picture: Alain Fossé.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PLPB March 03-15 2013, River Loire, Maine-et-Loire, France. Picture: Alain Fossé & Francky Recoquillon.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PLVS March 04 2013, Jakuševec-Zagreb, Croatia. Picture: ringing team Luka Jurinovic.
Larus cachinnans 2CY 147P March 06 2017, Katwijk beach, the Netherlands.
Larus cachinnans 47P6 2CY, March 11 2016, Barneveld landfill, the Netherlands.
Larus cachinnans hybrid? 2CY-3CY PLG DN-04520 March 2005 - March 2006, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E).
Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans hybrid 2CY PLG DN-19275 March 09 & 22 2006, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PLG DN-25463 March 22 2012, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 1CY-2CY PLG DN-27553 December 2011 - March 2012, Madrid, Spain & November 2012, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Larus cachinnans 2CY PLG DN-27745 March 13 2013, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 2CY XJCM March 31 2012, Gouda, the Netherlands. Picture: Johannes Luiten.
Larus cachinnans 2CY XKDM February - March 2014, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Picture: O.J. Goreng.
Larus cachinnans 2CY XNCU March 28 2013, Maasbracht, the Netherlands. Picture: Theo Muusse.
Larus cachinnans 2CY XPCW March 20-28 2013, Champteussé-sur-Baconne, Maine-et-Loire, France. Picture: Alain Fossé.
Larus cachinnans hybrid? 2CY HX86 January - March 2011, Deponie Pohlsche Heide - Minden, Germany (52°23'05N, 08°46'45E). Picture: Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 1CY, 2CY & 5CY KE83 September 2006, March 2007 & January 2010, Lithuania & Italy. Picture: Vytautas Pareigis & Marco Basso.
Larus cachinnans 061:U 2CY, March 02 2015, Jakuševec-Zagreb, Croatia. Picture: Maciej Szymanski.
Larus cachinnans 2cy SKB E1711 January - March 2013, Barneveld, the Netherlands & Minden, Germany. Picture: Herman Bouman & Armin Deutsch.
Larus cachinnans 2cy U2AA March 17 2010, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy U5FB March 13-16 2010, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2CY & 4CY V8X6 February - March 2008 & January 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark & Simrishamn, Sweden. Picture: Hans Larsson. & Lars Krogh.
Larus cachinnans 2cy YH8T 14 March 2012, Texel, the Netherlands. Picture: Herman Bouman.
Larus cachinnans 86EH 2CY, March 08 2015, Jakuševec-Zagreb, Croatia. Picture: ringing team Luka Jurinovic.
Larus cachinnans 2cy C+ February 22 & March 20 2013, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Picture: Lars Buckx.
Larus cachinnans 2CY F+ March 15 & 20 2013, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Picture: Lars Buckx.
Larus cachinnans 9.V 2CY, March 16 2016, Katwijk, the Netherlands.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, 14 March 2012, Texel, the Netherlands. Picture: Herman Bouman.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, 29 February - 01 March 2012, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France, Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 02 2012, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 08 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 08 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 08 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 08 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 22 2014, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 29 2014, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 22 2014, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2CY, March 15 2013, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Picture: Lars Buckx.
Larus cachinnans 2CY, March 18 2013, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Lars Buckx.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 02 2012, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 02 2012, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2CY, March 10 2012, Landfill VRSU de Colmenar Viejo, Madrid. Picture: Delfín González.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 24 2008, Landfill VRSU de Colmenar Viejo, Madrid. Picture: Delfín González.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 30 2017, Katwijk, the Netherlands.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 12 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 08 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 12 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 15 2008, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Picture: Ies Meulmeester.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 02 2012, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.
Larus cachinnans 2CY, March 28 2013, Maasbracht, the Netherlands. Picture: Theo Muusse.
Larus cachinnans 2cy, March 08 2011, Ashdod, Israel. Picture: Amir Ben Dov.