Larus cachinnans in the Netherlands

(last update: August 16, 2020)

Coordinator:
Albert de Jong
Merijn Loeve
Roland-Jan Buijs
Thijs Horst
Leon Kelder
Mars Muusse

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Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 4CY-7CY, March 2021 - January 2024, Lelystad & Almere, the Netherlands. Picture: Albert de Jong, Mars Muusse & Thijs Horst.

Female Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) w-327:U, breeding in colony Lelystad, the Netherlands. Originally from Czechia, ringed as pullus in 2018.

Data:
White ring 327:U and metal ring CZP CX1388, ringed as pullus Larus cachinnans on May 24 2018 at Pasohlávky, Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia (48°53'47.83"N 16°35'56.72"E), by ringer Frantisek Zicha.

Recovery data:
2018-09-16, ryb. Bažantnice, (Mutěnice), Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia (33 km) - Radek Zapletal.
2018-12-14, null, (Přerov, Žeravice), Olomoucký kraj, Czechia (88 km) - Šafránek Jiří.
2020-05-22, Bošilecký ryb., (Dynín, Lhota), Jihočeský kraj, Czechia (144 km) - Jaroslav Šimek.
2020-12-12, ř Vltava, (Nelahozeves, Hleďsebe 1.díl), Stredočeský kraj a Praha, Czechia (225 km) - Jaroslav Šimek.
2021-03-07 until 2021-12-10 (13+ observations), Lelystad & Almere, Flevoland, The Netherlands (883 km) - Eric Roeland, Albert de Jong & Mars Muusse.
2022-04-11,12,15 Lelystad, Flevoland, The Netherlands (883 km) - Albert de Jong & Mars Muusse. Breeding attempt with r-KY27 limited to just bonding for a week.

In season 2021 this bird was present in the colony for the entire breeding season. No nest was built.
In 2022, for a week in April she had territory at westernmost "dam 2", Lelystad colony (52°30'42.2"N 5°25'03.1"E) with adult male partner Larus cachinnans r-KY27 from Belarus.
r-KY27 disappeared (and returned to Minsk in fact) leaving w-327:U single for the rest of the breeding season. She tried to bond on several occassions, none successful.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 7CY, January 16 2024, Almere - De Vaart, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 7CY, January 12 2024, Almere - De Vaart, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 6CY, December 01 2023, Almere - De Vaart, the Netherlands. Picture Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 6CY female, July 08 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 6CY female, June 25 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 5CY female, July 17 2022, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 5CY female, June 21 2022, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 5CY female, May 04 2022, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 5CY female, April 27 2022, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 5CY female, April 11 2022, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 4CY female, May 28 2021, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Albert de Jong & Mars Muusse.

Inspecting the colony, or a breeder that has settled unnoticed? 

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 327:U 4CY female, March 24 2021, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Albert de Jong.

Inspecting the colony.