Larus cachinnans in the Netherlands

(last update: August 16, 2020)

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Caspian Gull cachinnans F|T 1CY, May 28 2021, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Albert de Jong & Mars Muusse.

Blue bar tibia ring b[F|T], ringed as pullus Larus cachinnans on May 28 2021 at nest 44 in colony Lelystad, the Netherlands.
ID uncertain, one parent is probably same bird as the parent of 2020, again Caspian Gull cachinnans type (or just within Caspian range in the hybrid zone). Possible partner may be sub-adult Herring Gull type, but remains uncertain.

Visits and data.

date:            
    metal tibia ring mass head + bill  
28-05-2021 pull .5559405 b-F|T 443 69,6 Prey: worms.
   
08-06-2021 Higher on dam, 7 meters behind block 44, an adult Herring Gull type (hybrid type, we refer to as 'river gull') which may be one of the parents.
   
26-6-2021 Not visited.