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A quick post to update on a Black-headed Gull that was seen at Center Parcs last week (14th).
The bird in question, ringed 218F, by me, as a 1st year bird in October 2024 was reported back in the country at Center Parcs again. Unfortunately, there were no sightings over the summer ( I last saw it, at Rufford, on 2nd March 2025), so we don't yet know where it breeds. Hopefully, it'll hang around for another winter.
Yesterday (5th) I spent the day at Center Parcs, near Rufford, trying to catch some new Black-headed Gulls for the darvic-ringing scheme being run by Sorby Breck Ringing Group. Unfortunately, the gulls weren't "playing ball", so none were ringed. I did, however, manage to read a Mute Swan ring, W17370, a bird, I'd previously seen at Rufford on 13th December 2020. I also added a few more "year ticks": Siskin, Coal Tit and Great-spotted Woodpecker.
Afterwards, I went across to Rufford CP for half an hour, and managed to spot a few ringed birds, including a new (for me), Norwegian- ringed bird, JZ48.
Although a new bird for me (and Rufford), it had been reported a few times at Center Parcs (December 2020, November and December 2021), after being ringed, as an adult, in Norway, on 11th May 2016. Other birds seen were: EUM3, V77K and EL87245.
86 - Siskin
87 - Coal Tit
88 - Great-spotted Woodpecker
