Friday, 25 March 2011

2A00 Goes to Norway!

Checking through emails this morning, I was particularly excited to have received an email from Morten Helberg with a sighting of Black-headed Gull 2A00.

MEMO0005 2A00 was the first bird to volunteer it’s services for the start of our new project, when we managed to catch it at Bowness on Windermere on 01st March 2011. Bird ringer – Robin Sellers sighted this bird at the ringing location on 17th March 2011 and the next sighting (24th March) came in this morning by Morten from Radhuskaia, Oslo Havn, Oslo Norway!

2A00 map

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2A00 in flight!

Many thanks to Morten & Carsten for reporting this & for the above photos. Me & Ciaran were only joking with Carsten several weeks ago that we asked one of our gulls to go to Norway to see Carsten! Perhaps we should have a quiet word with all the birds we catch!!

It’s nice to know that the darvics are working well, seeing as though we’ve only marked 6 birds so far!! Roll on next winter….

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4 comments:

  1. Unknown25 March 2011 at 12:58

    Used to stand there opposite the city hall many moons ago, watching the birds and the sailing ships. Cracking result!

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  2. Unknown25 March 2011 at 15:05

    Brilliant result Kane, hopefully the first of many.

    Dave

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  3. Kevin Scott25 March 2011 at 20:07

    What a cracking result Kane. Well done!

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  4. John Sandøy7 July 2011 at 21:52

    Hello.
    2a00 is still in Oslo. I saw it and took pictures of it today on position 59 ° 56'29 "N 010 ° 45'56" E. But, perhaps it says goodbye in a few days and begins on the flight back.

    John Sandoy
    john.sandoy@getmail.no

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