Larus cachinnans in the Netherlands

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Caspian Gull cachinnans C|9 1CY, May-July 2024, Lelystad & De Kreupel, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Merijn Loeve.

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Tibia ring G-C|9 and metal NLA 5.631.130, ringed as pullus Larus cachinnans on May 31 2024 in nest g-A|3-2024 at Lelystad, the Netherlands. Ringed by Merijn Loeve (Roland-Jan Buijs ringing team).

Recoveries:
18-06-2024 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read T. Horst & M. Muusse
09-07-2024 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
19-07-2024 IJsselmeer (De Kreupel), Noord-Holland, NL 5.247,00 N 513,00 E colourring read T. Horst & M. Muusse

Visits and data 2024.

NEST code parent 1 parent  2 A_length A_width A_volume B_length B_width B_volume C_length C_width C_volume TOTAL NEST:
g-A|3 cach cach 74,5 48 86,42 71,7 49,5 88,46 71,9 49,2 87,63 262,51
056-2024 # eggs A-egg hatch # ringed chicks # all chicks # fledged chicks comments
  3 10-4-2024 8-5-2024
   
dam: dam 2 east
location: was Black table 2020/2021, 15 mtr E of 17B, now with white jerrycan. Deep in Blackberries.
parents? New?
   
ring pulli: 12-May
date darvic metal location / nest# species sexe age wing mass head+ bill bill tarsus gonys greyscale
07-05-2024 g-A|3 .5631237 56 black table PONT F >4CY 449 1030 131,5 60,1 71,2 20,3 7
31-05-2024 g-C|9 .5631130 56 black table PONT 1CY              
                           
OBSERVATIONS:
21-04-2024 eggs: 3 eggs, measured. 
adult: 2x Caspian Gull: incubating and guarding.
02-05-2024 eggs: 3 eggs.
07-05-2024 adult: 1x trapped at nest. Food: pork chop & chicken drumstick (likely landfill feeder)
14-05-2024 nest: all eggs hatched.
chicks: 2x heard in vegetation, but not found. No ringed.
31-05-2024 chicks: 1x ringed.
04-06-2024 nest: no chick found.
18-06-2024 chick: CONTROLL: g-C|9.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans C|9 1CY, July 19 2024, colony De Kreupel, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans C|9 1CY, July 09 2024, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst.

Very much Herring Gull-like in plumage characteristics.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans C|9 1CY, June 18 2024, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans C|9 1CY, May 31 2024, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Merijn Loeve.

date darvic metal location / nest# species sexe age wing mass head+ bill bill tarsus gonys greyscale
07-05-2024 g-A|3 .5631237 56 black table PONT >4CY 449 1030 131,5 60,1 71,2 20,3 7
31-05-2024 g-C|9 .5631130 56 g-A|3 PONT 1CY