Manx Bird Ringing: Another LBBG to Spain

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Another LBBG to Spain

Sean got a report today of one of our colour ringed Lesser Black-backed Gulls having been seen on the South West coast of SPAIN by Rafa Garcia, a top Gull watcher.
T7TW was caught as a breeding adult at the nest in the small colony near the Point of Ayre on 10th May 2011 and was seen by Rafa on the 26th October 2011 at Levante beach, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz, SPAIN.

Thanks to Rafa Gracia for reporting the sighting - his blog can be viewed here - http://avesporlabahia.blogspot.com

T7TW at Point of Ayre, IOM 10th May 2011

T7TW at El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz, SPAIN

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Manx Ringing Group

The Manx Ringing Group operate under licence by the IOM Government's Department of Environment, Food & Agriculture and its ringers hold a current permit issued by the British Trust for Ornithology.
Chris Sharpe is the Group Leader and Kevin Scott is the group secretary. Sean Gray and Dave Sharpe are the other resdident ringers and a small handful of regular visiting ringers ring on our behalf when they are on the Island.
Any ringers planning to visit the Island should contact us to sort out the details as a seperate licence issued by the IOM Government is required to ring any birds on the Isle of Man.
The group do a varied range of ringing from Chough, Cormorant, Gull, Mute Swan, Twite and Rock Pipit colour ringing projects. Tape-luring Storm Petrels, Wader/Tern ringing, woosh-netting finches, nest recording including several nest box studies and general garden ringing.
Copies of the annual ringing report can be viewed from the LINKS section of the blog.