Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

(last update: July 12, 2015)

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) ES17994 2CY, January 21 & February 01 2015, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Metal RUM Moskwa ES17994. Ringed as pullus on June 22 2014 at isl. Kibrinskaya Vostochnaya, Kandalakshskiy Nature Reserve, Murmansk O., Russia (66.56 N 32.32 E).

SPECIES Larus marinus AGE pull RINGING DATE 22.06.2014
PROVINCE Russia, Murmansk O. RINGING PLACE Kandalakshskiy Nature Reserve, isl. Kibrinskaya Vostochnaya COORDINATES 66.56 N 32.32 E
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DISTANCE 2489 km DIRECTION 224 degrees ELAPSED TIME 213 days

History:
21.01.2015 Boulogne-sur-mer "harbour"
22.01.2015 Boulogne-sur-mer "harbour"
24.01.2015 Boulogne-sur-mer "harbour"
01.02.2015 Boulogne-sur-mer "harbour"

For another bird from this area: ES008270 & KT13. Birds from this far north White Sea district are rare in France, but occasionally ringed birds are seen from Hornøya, Vardø, Finnmark, Norway as well. These Finnmark birds travel a good 2663 km to arrive in the Pas-de-Calais region. It seems reasonable to assume the birds follow the entire Norwegian coast sothwards into the North Sea bassin.
Other long distance travellers arrive from the east, like Larus marinus black C79A, ringed as pullus on June 14 1999 at Hanko, Uusimaa, Finland south coast (59.49N ; 23.10E). C79A travelled a distance of 1686 km to the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer in 2000. Below is a map with these locations.

Small bird, probably female. US: 1-25%, LS: 0%, TOT SCAPS: 1-25%. Coverts and tertials juvenile.

below: Южная губа, куйпога (gorod Kandalaksha, Murmanskaya oblast', Rusland). Picture: Juri Goblin. This is the breeding location for KT13, ringed at island Farvaternaya.