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Another ringed lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus), called J288E, that I met in our town 3.5 years ago.

It was then 5 years old, and was ringed as a chick in Lindesnes in southern Norway, two hours and so away.

It had spent its first years in the Netherlands, and was registered back in Norway 10 and 2 months before I met it, in two of the municipalities between us and Lindesnes where it was ringed (Lund and Farsund).

It has still not been registered since I met it. I wonder where it will turn up if seen again ッ

(5 år gammel sildemåke, in Norwegian)

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I'll continue my morning gull uploads with my favourite medium sized gull - the lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus).

We have a colony of them close to our house. I counted at least 70 individuals in the colony this summer. They stay here from mid-March to mid-August.

Compared to other gull species, it is extra exciting to meet a ringed lesser black-backed gull and register it, like this one.

They have often been to several countries, and there are often many years between each time they are seen. They often spend their first years in southern Europe, before we see them back here in Norway many years later.

They spend the winters all the way from the British Isles south to West Africa. They have also increased in North America, especially along the east coast.

I found 7 ringed lesser black-backed gulls this spring. 6 in our neighbourhood and this one in the town of Stavanger.

It is called J663V and was ringed as a chick over 6.5 years earlier in the same town. It was registered almost 1.5 years later in Malaga in Spain before it was back again where it was ringed in Stavanger almost 5.5 years later.

(Sildemåke in Norwegian)

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Two days ago I checked out the bay in our neighbourhood where the mute swans (Cygnus olor) use to gather in winter.

It's been six months since I last saw swans there, but now there were at least 14 of them there again.

Only this beautiful individual came close, and turned out to be ringed and called Y556. It is always interesting to check the info on them.

This one is over 11 years old, and I guess it is a female due to its very small basal knob.

It is the third time in one year that it has been seen in our municipality. But until then it actually has no records since ringing at Håtangen on Jæren in 2015. I wonder where it has been in the meantime.

I think I will go back there with some food today, to check if more of the other swans have rings or not. It would be nice both to find old acquaintances and new ones like this one.

I have by now met 30 different ringed mute swans in southern and western Norway.

(Knoppsvane-hunn på 11 år, in Norwegian)

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A mute swan (Cygnus olor) that stayed by the local beach and bay where I live one winter, together with 4 more swans.

It was ringed and called K778, and when I registered it I found that it was hatched in 2019, in a pond in the small city of Stavanger where I used to live (1.5 hours by car from here). It will be interesting to search for new registrations later on, to see where it moves.

(Knoppsvane in Norwegian)

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This mute swan (Cygnus olor) has been together with 4 others by the local beach and bay where I live this winter.

It is ringed and called K778, and when I registered it I found that it was hatched in 2019, in a pond in the small city of Stavanger where I used to live (1.5 hours by car from here). It has been registered in several ponds there until May last year. My registration is the first since then. It will be interesting to search for new registrations later on, to see where it moves.

(Knoppsvane in Norwegian)

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He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".

He has a tag on his leg that says "Stavanger Museum 4274391".