Friday 29 September 2017

From Suzanne Belshaw


      Ring Sightings from Suzanne Belshaw       
Some of these sightings from Suzanne, are from the summer and I had intended to post these on an earlier date.  However, having received more recent reports from Suzanne, I've listed all of them together for interest.  The only hold back this time, was the ringing details for a juvenile Black-headed Gull, which the BTO, emailed to Suzanne on Tuesday.

There is often a delay, when reporting youngsters of the year, as most ringers, do not submit their data to the BTO, until the autumn.  The BTO, then has to contact the ringer or ringing group secretaries, to obtain the relevent info, before contacting the finder.

My thanks to Suzanne, for sharing her sightings and photos.


Black-headed Gull  -  (White)  2APK  -  Lurgan Park Lake, Co. Armagh  (26 Jun 2017)
(Photo Taken by Suzanne Belshaw)
Date Details Location Distance / Direction Duration
14 Jun 2015 Ringed as a Chick (U) by Tom Dougall Moorfoot Hills, Borders, Scotland 0 kms / 0 miles 0y  0m  0d
02 Jan 2017 Spotted by James O'Neill Castlewellan Forest Park, Co. Down, Northern Ireland  248 kms /  154 miles (SW) 1y  6m  19d
26 Jun 2017 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw Lurgan Park Lake, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  252 kms /  156 miles (SW) 2y  0m  12d

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Black-headed Gull  -    250B   -  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim  (31 Jul 2017)
(Photo Taken by Suzanne Belshaw)
Date Details Location Distance / Direction Duration
06 Jun 2008 Ringed as a Chick (U) by Eoin McGreal Lough Mask, Co. Mayo, Rep. of Ireland 0 kms / 0 miles 0y  0m  0d
02 Jun 2009 Unknown Observer Lough Mask, Co. Mayo, Rep. of  Ireland 0 kms / 0 miles (-) 0y  11m  27d
29 Jun 2010 Unknown Observer Lough Mask, Co. Mayo, Rep. of  Ireland 0 kms / 0 miles (-) 2y  0m  23d
01 Jul 2013 Spotted by Adam McClure  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 5y  0m  25d
04 Jul 2013 Spotted by Adam McClure  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 5y  0m  28d
03 Aug 2013 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 5y  1m  28d
07 Aug 2014 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 6y  2m  21d
09 Jul 2015 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 7y  1m  3d
17 Feb 2016 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 7y  8m  11d
24 Feb 2016 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 7y  8m  18d
29 Feb 2016 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 7y  8m  23d
04 Mar 2016 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 7y  8m  27d
06 Jul 2016 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 8y  1m  0d
18 Jun 2017 Spotted by Ian O'Connor  Cong, Lough Mask, Co. Mayo, Rep. of Ireland  0 kms /  0 miles (-) 9y  0m  12d
31 Jul 2017 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 9y  1m  25d
07 Aug 2017 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw  Sprucefield, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland  236 kms /  147 miles (NE) 9y  2m  1d

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Black-headed Gull  -    EW32806   -  Kinnego Marina, Co. Armagh  (29 Nov 2015)
(Photo Taken by Gareth Platt)
Date Details Location Distance / Direction Duration
09 Jun 2011 Ringed as a Chick (U) by North Ronaldsay B.O. N. Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland 0 kms / 0 miles 0y  0m  0d
29 Nov 2015 Spotted by Gareth Platt Kinnego Marina, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland 591 kms / 367 miles (SSW) 4y  5m  20d
25 Oct 2016 Spotted by Gareth Platt Kinnego Marina, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland 591 kms / 367 miles (SSW) 5y  4m  16d
12 Jan 2017 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw Lurgan Park Lake, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland 593 kms / 368 miles (SSW) 5y  7m  3d
08 Sep 2017 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw Kinnego Marina, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland 591 kms / 367 miles (SSW) 6y  2m  30d

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Black-headed Gull  (Juvenile)  -    EZ02451   -  Lurgan Park, Co. Armagh  (08 Sep 2017)
(Photo Taken by Suzanne Belshaw)
Date Details Location Distance / Direction Duration
20 Jun 2017 Ringed as a Chick (U) by The Clyde RG  Elvanfoot, South Lanarkshire, Scotland 0 kms / 0 miles 0y  0m  0d
07 Sep 2017 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw Lurgan Park Lake, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland 202 kms / 125 miles (WSW) 0y  2m  18d
18 Sep 2017 Spotted by Suzanne Belshaw Lurgan Park Lake, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland 202 kms / 125 miles (WSW) 0y  2m  29d

Interestingly, this is the second juvenile from Elvanfoot in Scotland, which has been reported in Northern Ireland, this autumn.    2BP2 , was spotted by Cameron Moore, at Whitehead, Co. Antrim, on the 28th August.  Both youngsters, were ringed on the same date in June, presumably at the same colony.  The juvenile spotted by Suzanne, did not have a 'colour-ring', probably being too young for a 'colour-ring', to be fitted.  Iain Livingstone, secretary of the Clyde Ringing Group, emailed the details for   2BP2 , on Wednesday (Thanks Iain).

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