Larus cachinnans in the Netherlands

(last update: August 16, 2020)

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Caspian Gull cachinnans (hybrid?) F|N 2CY-6CY, July 2020 - March 2024, the Netherlands. Picture: Eric Roeland, Thijs Horst, Mars Muusse & Daniel Beuker.

Tibia ring N-F|N and metal ring Arnhem 5.548.161, ringed as pullus Larus cachinnans on May 16 2019 at Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Holland (5230.00 N 525.00 E) - ringer Roland-Jan Buijs.
Unmistakable some cachinnans-blood and traits, but especially the images of 3CY-March show Herring-like head shape and spring streaking.
Then again, as breeding 4CY it appears to have much black in the wingtip, more so than average Caspian gulls.

Remarks : related N-F|P (sibling 2019, never recorded, hence probably dead).
Remarks: r-7.N female partner, ringed in 2023.
Remarks: r-7.B chick in 2022; r-8.F & r-8.J chicks in 2023.

Recoveries:
19-06-2019 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Debby Doodeman
01-08-2019 Lelystad (Oostvaardersdijk), Flevoland, NL 5.228,00 N 519,00 E colourring read Merijn Loeve
28-12-2019 Sonzay (Vuilstort), Indre-et-Loire, FRANKRIJK 4.730,00 N 28,00 E colourring read Benjamin Griard
30-12-2019 Sonzay (Vuilstort), Indre-et-Loire, FRANKRIJK 4.730,00 N 28,00 E colourring read Patrick Derrien
02-01-2020 Sonzay (Vuilstort), Indre-et-Loire, FRANKRIJK 4.730,00 N 28,00 E colourring read Patrick Derrien
04-01-2020 Sonzay (Vuilstort), Indre-et-Loire, FRANKRIJK 4.730,00 N 28,00 E colourring read Benjamin Griard
08-05-2020 Groene Kan (Hoogekampse Plas), Utrecht, NL 5.206,00 N 509,00 E colourring read Hein Prinsen
29-07-2020 Almere (De Blocq van Kuffeler), Flevoland, NL 5.225,00 N 513,00 E colourring read Eric Roeland
08-12-2020 Oss (Vuiloverslag), Noord-Brabant, NL 5.147,00 N 532,00 E colourring read Stefan van Schaik
04-02-2021 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Eric Roeland
18-02-2021 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Eric Roeland
18-03-2021 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Eric Roeland
19-03-2021 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Eric Roeland
23-03-2021 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Eric Roeland
30-03-2021 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Mars Muusse
17-06-2021 Markermeer (Trintelzand), Flevoland, NL 5.238,00 N 522,00 E colourring read Daniël Beuker
12-04-2022 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Mars Muusse
01-05-2022 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Mars Muusse
04-05-2022 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Mars Muusse & Thijs Horst
09-05-2022 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E captured by ringer Roland-Jan Buijs & Mars Muusse
20-09-2022 Katwijk aan Zee (Buitenwatering), Zuid-Holland, NL 5.212,00 N 423,00 E colourring read Annelies Marijnis
01-12-2022 Almere (Dashorstdijk), Flevoland, NL 5.225,00 N 512,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
08-02-2023 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Dick Kuipers
07-03-2023 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
10-03-2023 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
17-03-2023 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
04-04-2023 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
04-04-2023 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
27-04-2023 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
13-05-2023 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
12-01-2024 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read T. Horst & M. Muusse
16-01-2024 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read T. Horst & M. Muusse
18-01-2024 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read T. Horst & M. Muusse
01-02-2024 Almere (De Vaart), Flevoland, NL 5.224,00 N 514,00 E colourring read Thijs Horst
19-03-2024 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read T. Horst & M. Muusse
26-03-2024 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read T. Horst & M. Muusse
30-03-2024 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read Harry Kuipers & Thijs Horst
31-03-2024 Lelystad (Bataviahaven), Flevoland, NL 5.230,00 N 525,00 E colourring read T. Horst & M. Muusse

This appeared to be first ever "known local recrutement" breeding Caspian Gull in colony Lelystad. As 4CY bird, n-F|N had as nest and raised one chick, r-7.B. Visits and data:

date            
12-04-2022 Cachinnans-type n-F|N guarding high on dam 2.
             
01-05-2022 Cachinnans-type n-F|N walks from nest in small bush, high on dam 2. Below him is nest 061Z.
  Cachinnans female landed next to n-F|N, and this female is ringed on tarsus! (in retrospect: never seen again this bird).
             
04-05-2022 Two adults at nest. Female cachinnans and 4CY n-F|N.
  3 eggs egg no: width (mm) length (mm) volume (cm3):  water test on May 4th: 
    A egg 49,9 74 -- --
    B egg 47,9 68,5 -- --
    C egg 50 71 -- --
   
09-05-2022 3 eggs. We trapped n-F|N at the nest. Took pictures, but no measurements taken.
   
17-05-2022 3 eggs.
   
22-05-2022 3 eggs.
   
30-05-2022 n-F|N at nest. 2 chicks.
  pullus metal darvic mass wing H+B Bill
    .5625183 r-7.B 87 25 53,9 18,4
  pullus 1 pullus dead in nest.
   
02-06-2022 Cachinnans-type n-F|N defending nest.
   
17-06-2022 Cachinnans-type n-F|N at nest.
   
21-06-2022 Nest empty, Chick r-7.B not found in vegetation.
   
12-07-2022 Photographed r-7.B. Fledged.
   
  In 2022 one chick ringed in this nest: r-7.B.
 
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 nFN & r7N 0 0 0,00 0 0 0,00 0 0 0,00 0,00 same as 2022
ring pulli: -- laying A egg: -- hatch A egg: --
 
catch: date: metal: darvic: mass: wing: head+bill: bill: gonys: greytone:
adult 03-05-2023 6.214.906 R-7.N -- 433 123,7 52,6 18,4 6 female cach
pullus: 18-05-2023 5.556.488 R-8.F 256 -- 65,4 -- -- --
pullus: 18-05-2023 5.556.489 R-8.J 224 -- 70 -- -- --
pullus: 27-05-2023 5.556.488 R-8.F 643 -- -- -- -- --
pullus: 18-06-2023 5.556.489 r-8.J 1020 341 126,8 -- -- -- with sibling
 
n-F|N & r-7.N
dam: dam 1 west
location: Is nest n-F|N-2022. Nest 2023 is 3 mtr further N now, closer to Herring Gull w-8Z.
breeders: cach x cach
OBSERVATIONS:
04-04-2023 adult: n-F|N at nest location.
09-04-2023 nest: no eggs, but nest ready.
adult: Male is n-F|N, female is cach unringed.
27-04-2023 adult: Male is n-F|N, female is cach unringed.
03-05-2023 adult: Trapped unringed female at nest: r-7N.
13-05-2023 adult: Both parents present.
18-05-2023 pulli: 2 chicks ringed, 3rd one not found.
27-05-2023 pulli: 1x control chick.
18-06-2023 pulli: r-8J & r-8F present. Probably no 3rd chick. Fledged: 2 juveniles.
25-06-2023 pulli: r-8J & r-8F present. Both parents as well.

Originally, n-F|N is a chick from Lelystad, hatch year HY=2019. Bird ringed in nest F2019, together with sibling n-F|P (which has not been recorded since, hence probably dead).
Limited data:

May 01 2019 3 eggs in nest.
May 16 2019 2 chicks ringed: n[F|N] & NLA 5.548.161 and n[F|P] & NLA 5.548.162
May 24 2019 no data.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 6CY, March 26 2024, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 6CY, March 19 2024, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 6CY, February 01 2024, Almere - De Vaart, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 6CY, January 16 2024, Almere - De Vaart, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 6CY, January 12 2024, Almere - De Vaart, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 5CY, July 08 2023, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse & Thijs Horst.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 5CY, June 25 2023, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 5CY, April 27 2023, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: female cachinnans, partner of n[F|N], April 27 2023.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 5CY, April 04 2023, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

Back at the same territory as it was in 2022.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 5CY, March 17 2023, Almere, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 5CY, February 24 2023, Almere, the Netherlands. Picture: Eric Roeland.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 5CY, February 04 2023, Almere, the Netherlands. Picture: Eric Roeland.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 4CY, May 09 2022, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

Trapped as breeding bird at the nest.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 4CY, April 12 2022, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

First local ringed bird that is returning in the colony for a serious breeding attempt? Partner is adult Caspian Gull, inspecting nest 61 together.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 3CY, June 21 2021, Trintelzand, the Netherlands. Picture: Daniel Beuker.

PMS: P7-P10 old.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 3CY, March 19 2021, Almere, the Netherlands. Picture: Eric Roeland.

Head shape and streaking suggest at least some Herring Gull blood in this individual.

below: Hybrid (?) Caspian Gull cachinnans F|N 2CY, July 29 2020, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Eric Roeland.

PMS: P7/-.