IJmuiden Project - Fred Cottaar, José Verbeek, Maarten van Kleinwee & Mars Muusse

(last update: January 01, 2023)

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NLA 5.623.219
Herring Gull
sex?, pullus
ringed: June 12 2023
Forteiland IJmuiden, Talud zuid
 
Relations:
Y.AFC mother 2023
unringed father 2017
NLA 5.453.365 sibling 2023
NLA 5.453.358 sibling 2023
 
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Herring Gull (argenteusNLA 5.623.219 1CY-2CY, August 2023 - February 2024, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

Ringed as pullus in season 2023 at Forteiland, IJmuiden. Ringed by Fred Cottaar ringing team.

Nest YAFC is at the edge of the talud, chicks run down 15 mtr to the waterline immediately at dusturbance to hide in the seaweed field or swim away; hard (impossible) to catch for darvic rings.
History for nest 2023 of adult Herring Gulls YAFC & unringed male Herring below.
Nestbox placed close to nest for shelter of chicks, but doesn't work for this nest.
Timeline for this chick:

May 30 2023:
Small pulli get colour chick-rings to follow them individually.

June 09 2023:
Alu-rings placed for all 3 chicks.
NLA 5.453.358 & 360 & 365.

June 12 2023:
Managed to catch 1 chick in nestbox. Alu replaced for steel ring. NLA 5.453.360 => 5.623.219.
NLA 5.453.358 & NLA 5.453.365 are 15 mtr down at seaweed.

June 15 2023:
Mother g-YAFC guides her 3 ringed chicks to the seaweed between the blocks at the waterline.

June 18 2023:
As June 15.

June 21 2023:
As June 15.

June 25 2023:
As June 15. Impossible to attach colour rings for this nest.

below: Herring Gull (argenteusNLA 5.623.219 2CY, February 25 2024, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

below: Herring Gull (argenteusNLA 5.623.219 1CY, August 20 2023, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

below: Herring Gull (argenteusNLA 5.623.219 1CY, August 15 2023, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.