Larus cachinnans in the Netherlands

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Caspian Gull cachinnans 8.1 1CY, May - July 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

Tibia ring R-8.1 and metal NLA 5.556.487, ringed as pullus Larus cachinnans on May 18 2023 in nest r-CG at Lelystad, the Netherlands. Ringed by Roland-Jan Buijs ringing team.

egg sizes & volume 2023
SPECIES NEST A_length A_width A_volume B_length B_width B_volume C_length C_width C_volume TOTAL NEST: known parents?
cach x cach r-C.G 0 0 0,00 0 0 0,00 0 0 0,00 0,00 r-CG & new male cach
ring pulli:15-mei laying A egg: 10-apr hatch A egg: 8-mei
     
catch: date: metal: darvic: mass: wing: head+bill: bill: gonys: greytone:
adult 03-05-2023 5625054 r-CG 830 ? 438 126,5 56,9 18,6 4 female cach retrap
pullus 18-05-2023 5556486 -- 74 -- 47,2 -- -- -- mass without ring
pullus 18-05-2023 5556487 R-81 77 -- 52 -- -- --
pullus 27-05-2023 5556487 R-81 397 -- -- -- -- --
   
r-C.G (was y[PHSV])
dam: dam 1 west
location: opposite harbour, next to largest willow. In Blackberry bush.
breeders: cach x cach
OBSERVATIONS:
22-4-2023 nest: 2 eggs.
27-4-2023 adult: 2x cachinnans, parent 1 is r-CG, parent 2 is short thayeri P10.
nest: in Blackberry. Location as 2022.
3-mei adult: retrap r-CG on 3 eggs.
11-5-2023 nest: 3 eggs.
18-5-2023 pulli: 2 chicks ringed, 1 egg hatching.
27-5-2023 pulli: 1x control chick R-81.
18-6-2023 adult: r-CG attacks near nest but no chicks found. Presenr are 2x Herring chicks from neighbour nest.
25-6-2023 pulli: r-81 and r-CG present.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 8.1 1CY, July 08 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 8.1 1CY, June 25 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst & Mars Muusse.

below: Caspian Gull cachinnans 8.1 1CY, May 18 2023, Lelystad colony, the Netherlands. Picture: Thijs Horst.