Amongst the flock of 50 or so birds, I noticed that one of them was colour-ringed. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me, but at least I did remember to bring my bins, so I was able to read the code on the ring as "UL".
I reported my sighting to Julian Greenwood, who has been colour-ringing Tysties at Bangor as part of his (almost) 30-year study into the species.
Julian told me that this particular bird was ringed as a pullus in Bangor in July 2010.
As I say, I didn't have my camera, so sadly I don't have a photo of the bird, instead I've "stolen" a couple of images of Tysties in Glenarm taken by Gavin Ferguson.
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| Photo by Gavin Ferguson |
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| Photo by Gavin Ferguson |
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