Catching Up

Just back from holiday to see from the blog there has been plenty of migrants arriving.  On Monday 15th at Ardsley Viaduct there were 3 Buzzards. 6 Wheatears and 2 Sand Martins were seen alongside the Dearne at Low Cudworth (Z. Golebiewski)

Rabbit Ings
18th Cuckoo (Mick Birkinshaw)

Cudworth Common
A Short-eared Owl was quartering over the reclaimed spoil tip at 19.00hrs and a Common Sandpiper was feeding beside the lakes.

Angler's Country Park

I have just received this information of an immature Great Black Backed Gull that we saw briefly on April 1st sat out from the hide . I was able to get all the numbers from a distant photo, but only managed to make out for sure the letter Y. I still sent it in hoping the ringer could figure out the missing letter. Bingo!  You will like this one Peter.

CR-Code Black ring with white code: JY282 LBM;RBNW(JY282)
Ringing Centre Copenhagen (Denmark) Ring number 3M1282
Species Great Black-backed Gull  Larus marinus
Sex Unknown Age Pullus

Date	Place	Coordinates	Observers	Days/km/°
30.06 2012	Pikkerholm NØ, Hirsholmene, Frederikshavn, Nordjylland, Denmark	57°29'49"N 010°36'06"E	Haupt, Matthias Pedersen, Kjeld Tommy	-
01.04 2013	Angler`s country park reservoir, Wakefield, West Yorks, Great Britain	53°38'19"N 001°25'45"W	Gorman, Cliff	275/869/245