Two of the colour ringed Lesser Black-backed Gulls seen at Chowder Ness in July were ringed on an island off southern Norway -- I have just got back the details of their movements -- the Norwegian colour ringing scheme has an excellent site where you can record sightings and track birds you have reported with updates etc you need to register at
http://www.ringmerking.no/cr copying the co-ordinates into Google earth will immediately show you the localities
Last CR-Code Black ring with white code: JYU8 LBNW(JYU8);RBM
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 4259428
Species Lesser Black-backed Gull (intermedius) Larus fuscus intermedius Sex Unknown Age Pullus
Date Place Coordinates Days Distance Direction
12.07 2009 RAUNA, Farsund, Vest-Agder, Norway 58°03'33"N 006°40'10"E ----- ----- ---
27.11 2009 Playa de La Carihuela, Torremolinos, Málaga, Spain 36°36'37"N 004°30'09"W 138 2521
05.07 2010 Chowder Ness, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, Great Britain 53°41'31"N 000°28'54"W 358 659
2) Last update 03.08.2010 22:35
Gull colour ringing in Norway
Last CR-Code Black ring with white code: JYC5 LBNW(JYC5);RBM
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 4114115
Species Lesser Black-backed Gull (intermedius) Larus fuscus intermedius Sex Unknown Age Pullus
Date Place Coordinates Days Distance Direction
06.07 2009 RAUNA, Farsund, Vest-Agder, Norway 58°03'33"N 006°40'10"E ----- ----- ---
06.12 2009 Colmenar Viejo Landfill site, Madrid, Spain 40°39'40"N 003°43'30"W 153 2070
07.12 2009 Pinto landfill, Madrid, Spain 40°15'30"N 003°38'10"W 154 2111
03.07 2010 Chowder Ness, Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, Great Britain 53°41'31"N 000°28'54"W