Larus cachinnans in the Netherlands

(last update: August 16, 2020)

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

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Caspian Gull cachinnans 5.Y 1CY-2CY, May 2022 - April 2023, the Netherlands & England. Picture: Mark Golley, Andy Hale, Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

Red tibia ring r[5.Y] and metal NLA 5.625.127, ringed as pullus Larus cachinnans at nest 137 on May 17 2022 in colony Lelystad, the Netherlands. Ringer: Albert de Jong / Herman Bouman.
ID certain, parents are male and female Caspian Gull.

Recoveries:
21-09-2022 Cromer (Strand), Norfolk, ENGELAND 5.255,00 N 118,00 E colourring read Andrew Hale
11-04-2023 Cley (Marshes), Norfolk, ENGELAND 5.257,00 N 103,00 E colourring read Mark Golley
22-04-2023 Minsmere (RSPB Reserve), Suffolk, ENGELAND 5.214,00 N 136,00 E colourring read David Fairhurst
21-08-2023 Kapellen, BELGIUM 51.3166 N 4.4166 E Dead <7 days, traffic victim.

Visits and data 2022 for nest 137:
Estimation egg laying: A-egg = April 12 2022. Estimating hatching = May 10 2022.

  egg no: width (mm): length (mm): volume (cm3):  water test April 27th:    
27-04-2022 A-egg 50 69,5 -- 2 mm - floating 3 eggs  
  B-egg 48,2 67,2 -- 1 mm - floating  
C-egg 49,8 68,8 -- 1 mm - floating
sum nest: --
   
01-05-2022 Cach at nest, female = partner 1.
   
  metal darvic mass head+bill      
17-05-2022 .5625126 r-5Z 137 62,5
  .5625127 r-5Y 202 72,7
         
22-05-2022 Nest empty, chicks not found in dense vegetation. 2 alarming partners.
         
17-06-2022 1 parent present, together with at least one chick. No good views on legs, no definite view for presence of rings.
         
21-06-2022 2 parents present, together with r-5Y. Also: 1x unringed sibling. Hence: all 3 eggs hatched. At least 2 chicks fledged from this nest; no fledging data for r-5Z.
         
28-06-2022 Picture of r-5Y. Fledged.
         
12-07-2022 Picture of r-5Y. Fledged.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 5.Y 2CY, April 11 2023, Cley, England. Picture: Mark Golley.

Probably male.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 5.Y 1CY, September 21 2022, Cromer, England. Picture: Andy Hale.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 5.Y 1CY, July 12 2022, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 5.Y 1CY, June 28 2022, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

r[5.Y] cachinnans from nest 137. Picture: June 28th, 2022.
Fledged. Sibling r[5.Z] ringed on May 17th and not recorded since. Unringed sibling together with r[5.Y] on June 21st, fledged.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 5.Y 1CY, June 21 2022, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 5.Y 1CY, May 17 2022, Lelystad, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.