Larus cachinnans in the Netherlands

(last update: August 16, 2020)

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Roland-Jan Buijs
Thijs Horst
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Caspian Gull cachinnans KY27 adult male, May 2021, April 2022 & January 2024, Belarus & the Netherlands. Picture: Irina Samusenko, Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) adult r-KY27, breeding in colony Lelystad, the Netherlands. Originally from Belarus, ringed as adult male in 2021.

Data:
r-KY27 and metal BYM D01997, ringed as breeding adult male Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) on May 10 2021 at sector VIII in Gatovo colony, Minsk, Belarus ( 53°46'29.13" N 27°39'1.93" E).
Ringer: Irina Samusenko ringing team.

Bill: 66,4
Bill heigth at gonys: 20,2
Head: 140,2
Tarus: 73,0
Wing: 458
Bill/HBIG: 3,29
Mass: 1335

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans KY27 adult male, January 16 2024, Almere - De Vaart, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans KY27 adult male, April 11 2022, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands.

Territory at westernmost "dam 2", Lelystad colony (52°30'42.2"N 5°25'03.1"E) with female partner Larus cachinnans w-327:U 5CY from Czechia.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans KY27 adult male, May 10 2021, Gatovo sector VIII, Minsk, Belarus (53°46'29.13" N 27°39'1.93" E). Picture: Irina Samusenko.

R-KY27 and metal BYM D01997, ringed as breeding adult male Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans).
Ringed on may 10th, 2021, which is late in the season for Belarus cachinnans.
The bird was nesting on the periphery of Gatovo colony, a place with notoriously high failure rate regarding breeding success.

Bill: 66,4
Bill heigth at gonys: 20,2
Head: 140,2
Tarus: 73,0
Wing: 458
Bill/HBIG: 3,29
Mass: 1335