Larus cachinnans in the Netherlands

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Caspian Gull cachinnans 9|B 1CY, June - July 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

Tibia ring G-9|B and metal NLA 5.625.278, ringed as pullus Larus cachinnans on May 27 2023 in nest 033 at Lelystad, the Netherlands. Ringed by Roland-Jan Buijs ringing team.

Recoveries:
27-05-2023 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
18-06-2023 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
26-06-2023 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
08-07-2023 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
15-07-2023 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
28-07-2024 IJsselmeer (De Kreupel), Noord-Holland, NL 5.247,00 N 513,00 E colourring read Leon Kelder

egg sizes & volume 2023
SPECIES NEST A_length A_width A_volume B_length B_width B_volume C_length C_width C_volume TOTAL NEST: known parents?
cach x cach 33-2023 77 49 93,09 70,7 49,2 86,17 -- -- -- -- male of 2022, female possibly
ring pulli: -- laying A egg: -- hatch A egg: --
 
catch: date: metal: darvic: mass: wing: head+bill:
Pullus 18-05-2023 5.556.496 G-7|D -- -- 79
Pullus 27-05-2023 5.556.496 G-7|D 589 -- --
Pullus 27-05-2023 5.625.278 G-9|B 452 -- --
Pullus 18-06-2023 5.625.278 G-9|B -- -- --
Pullus 18-06-2023 5.556.496 G-7|D 842 335 118,8
 
33-2023
dam: dam 1 blocks
location: !!! Nest is even further east, 1 mtr from Rose-bush. Top of dam, most eastern nest in section.
breeders: cach x cach
OBSERVATIONS:
09-04-2023 nest: most western part of blocks. Code 112 on bitumen with arrow, no eggs but nest is ready.
adult:  adult cach near nest. Guarding.
26-04-2023 nest: Nest with 1 egg, 1 mtr east of old location (27/4: is LBBG!)
eggs: 1x egg, measured. No water test. (27/4: data skipped, wrong nest).
27-04-2023 nest: !!! Nest is even further east, 1 mtr from Rose-bush. Top of dam, most eastern nest in section.
eggs: 2x egg, measured. No water test. 
adult:  2x cach, one was breeding and stepped from this nest.
11-05-2023 nest: nest empty, no chicks found
13-05-2023 adult:  2x cach photographed. Behaviour: they have chicks.
18-05-2023 pulli: 1 chick found and ringed
27-05-2023 pulli: 1x control chick. 1x new ringed chick.
18-06-2023 pulli: 2x chicks with 2 adults at nest site. Fledged: 2 juveniles (nest had 2 eggs only from the start).
25-06-2023 pulli: both chicks present. Started with 2 eggs, both juveniles fledged.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 9|B 1CY, July 15 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 9|B 1CY, July 08 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 9|B 1CY, June 25 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 9|B 1CY, June 18 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.