Larus cachinnans in the Netherlands

(last update: August 16, 2020)

Coordinators:
Albert de Jong
Leon Kelder
Roland-Jan Buijs
Thijs Horst
Merijn Loeve
Mars Muusse

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Argenteus - nest Lelystad b/w-AD (178Z)

General remarks:

  • Eggs: Volume measured by Stonehouse (1964) and Spaans & Spaans (1975), which make comparison possible with data from Texel (Camphuysen pers comm 16.04.2020).
  • Nest 178 positioned on artificial breakwater 1 at yellow sign 2,5. Location is only visible from south, at Blackberry complex.
  • ID in 2024: one Herring Gull argenteus with NLA 6.143.017.
location April 16th, 2021: male cach & female teus. May 6th, 2021: male cach & female teus. April 16th, 2021: male cach & female teus.
       
       
       
       
       
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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:
b/w-AD / 178 teus teus 71 51 92,98 65 49 78,58 66,3 47,6 75,64

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178Z-2024 # eggs A-egg hatch # ringed chicks # all chicks # fledged chicks comments
  2 18-4-2024 16-5-2024
   
dam: dam 1 west
location: new, at yellow sign 2,5, white crate, south side dam near Blackberry
parents? New. One Herring is NLA 6.143.017.
   
ring pulli: 21-May
date darvic metal location / nest# species sexe age wing mass head+ bill bill tarsus gonys greyscale
                           
OBSERVATIONS:
21-4-2024 eggs: 2 eggs, measured.
adult:

Metal ringed Herring incubating. partner guarding.

26-4-2024 eggs: C egg measured.