To date we have got word of two birds colour-ringed at Castle Espie, 2CCH and 2CBD, which have dispersed to Lurgan Park in Armagh and the RSPB reserve at Belfast Lough respectively.
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| 2CCH at Lurgan Park, August 2016 Photo by Suzanne Belshaw |
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| Green - Ringing location Orange - Re-sighting locations |
Gary also got our first record of a bird ringed at Inch this summer....almost!
He photographed the bird below at Portrush during the week which was fitted with a metal ring from the series we know we used at Inch in Co. Donegal this year.
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| Metal ringed first-winter Black-headed Gull at Portrush, August 2016 Photo by Gary Platt |
It was, however, one of the 43 birds caught by Causeway Coast Ringing Group during the first visit to the colony, when only metal rings were used (see here). Unfortunately before Gary could read the end of the ring number the bird was scared off by walkers.
This highlights the benefits of colour-ringing as it would have taken only a couple of seconds for Gary to read the much more visible code on the plastic rings. We do like a challenge though and I'm sure the same guy will try again!!
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