Recovery Report

Recovery letter: Gaius Hawes 25.10.2024

From:

Ringing Centre

P. O. Box 17

FI-00014 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI, FINLAND

ring@luomus.fi | Tel. 358-2941-28786

To:

Gaius Hawes

35 TONNING STREET

NR32 2AN

LOWESTOFT

Ref.number

7055680

25.10.2024

Ring recovery report

Thank you very much for your information on a Finnish bird ring. Ringing and finding details are given

below. If you find any errors in this report, please let us know about them referring both to the ring

number and to the reference number in the upper right corner of this letter.

Ringing details

Ring

ST 274059

Date of ringing

11.04.2009

Time of day (hours)

13

Place

Coordinates

PORVOO, UUSIMAA, UUSIMAA (SF87), FINLAND

60°25′N 25°43′E (WGS84)

Species

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

Sex

Age

Full-grown, hatched before 2008

Weight (g)

Wing length (mm)

Fat

Status

Capture method

Caught with a trap

Ringer

JUKKA TANNER (910)

Recovery details

Ring

ST 274059

Ring verification

Date found

17.10.2024

Time of day (hours)

Place

Coordinates

GB Links Hill. (Car park) Gunton, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. Car park, SUFFOLK

(GB36), UNITED KINGDOM

52°30′N 1°46′E (WGS84)

Species

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

Sex

Age

Full-grown, hatched before 2024

Weight (g)

Wing length (mm)

Fat

Status

Alive & released

Recovery method

Ring number read in field (Announced finding detail certain)

Comments

Bird alive and at rest, free to fly.

Finder

Gaius Hawes

Time from ringing to recovery is 5668 days (15 years 6 months 6 days)

The place of recovery is 1701 km from the place of ringing in direction WSWRecovery letter: Gaius Hawes 25.10.2024

All recoveries

Please find below a list of previous reports of the ringed bird reported by you to our Ringing Centre.

R = ringing, K = control, L = finding, S = sick, ? = unknown, † = dead

Date Country Place Coordinates

Recovery method Weight Wing Ring Ref.no Ringer

R 11.04.2009 SF PORVOO 60°25′N 25°43′E

ST

274059

910

L 16.08.2013 GB SUFFOLK 52°28′N 1°45′E 28

ST

274059 1181565

L 13.07.2014 GB SUFFOLK 52°29′N 1°45′E 28

ST

274059 7000956

L 12.03.2021 PL MAZOWIECKIE 52°11′N 21°04′E 28

ST

274059 7035990

L 17.10.2024 GB SUFFOLK 52°30′N 1°46′E 28

ST

274059 7055680