Gulls in central Russia

(last update: January 2015)

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Locations
1. Bolshoye Boloto
2. Sitniki
3. Cheboksarskye Vdhr
4. Karamyshevo Rybchoz
5. Obalykol Lake
6. Selitba Lake

Ringing project

Recoveries

Gull colony Cheboksarskye, June 10 2010, Ilinka, Cheboksarskye Vdhr (Reservoir), Chuvash Republic, Russia (56°11'00.0"N 46°47'00.0"E).

Birds nesting in the Cheboksarskye Vdhr (Reservoir), on small islands in the river Volga. This is a 60 km long reservoir in the Volga which ends in the constructed dam and lock complex near the town of Novocheboksarsk. In 2008-2013 in total 18 juvenile birds have been ringed here, of which 14 were colour ringed.

Bird in this picture below has pale grey upperparts, yellow legs and speckling in the iris, red spot only on lower mandible, black markings on P4.

Below: dam complex near the town of Novocheboksarsk.

above: ringing locations in central Russia.
1. Bolshoye Boloto
2. Sitniki
3. Cheboksarskye Vdhr
4. Karamyshevo Rybchoz
5. Obalykol Lake
6. Selitba Lake

below: Recoveries of ringed birds from the Cheboksarskye Vdhr colony in orange lines and spots. So far there is a clear west-southwestwards pattern in after breeding migartion, but remember distribution may be biased by observer density. From this location birds migrated to Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria, and there is also a single sighting of a 2cy bird seen in June near Oulu, Finland.

below: June 2010, "Greg region 1" birds ringed on islands in river Wolga between Nishni Nowgorod and Kasan (300 KM transect).