G76Birder

Birding around the Glasgow area and beyond. Keen ring-reader.

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A selection of ringed Tree Sparrows from the Flenders Tree Sparrow project in Clarkston.

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@is_glasgow Interesting - thanks.

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Sandwich Tern r-N57 at Meikle Craigs, Troon on 13 August. Ringed in Senegal in March 2023, sightings since then in the Netherlands, northern France and the Bann estuary

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Humpback whale in Skjálfandi bay, Iceland last month

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Russian-ringed Black-headed Gull at Strathclyde Park - ringed as a chick in June 2015 in Novgorod oblast, looks like the first Russian-ringed BHG to be recorded in Scotland.

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@temiller17 Great - thanks for the reply!

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Trying to get my eye in on Caspian Gull on recent trips to England, and would welcome views on this bird (at Titchwell yesterday). I'm thinking white head and underparts, bill and head shape, eye position, lengthy structure all suggest yes, but would be grateful for opinions.

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@Blogbirder When do Baltic Gulls typically arrive and leave annually?

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Hungarian, Belgian, Dutch and French-ringed Med Gulls on Snettisham beach on 3 Sep.

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Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Grafham Water on 2 Sep.

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German-ringed Caspian Gull yellow XL3C at Grafham Water on 2 Sep. First sighting since ringing at Gräbendorfer See, Brandenburg in June.

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Med Gull yellow 2TL8 at Meikle Craigs yesterday. Ringed at Langstone Harbour, Hampshire in June @ayrshirebirds

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Enjoyable ring-reading visit to Inner Farne. This Arctic Tern was ringed there as a chick in July 2013 and was one of four I managed to read. Pity you only get an hour on the island though.

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Moult migrant Greylag at Hogganfield. I last saw white 6ZF at Strathclyde Loch in 2020. It looks like this is the first report away from Slimbridge since then, so it must be a failed or non-breeder this year. Unusual for these birds to switch moult location. @KaneBrides

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Polish morph Mute Swan cygnets in Geneva.

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Pleased to see this regular nearly 10 year old Dunbar bird survived the winter.

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Cormorant in Richmond Park, Glasgow on Saturday. Ringed as a chick on Little Ross island, Kirkcudbright Bay in June 2010 @dBwarro