Caspian Gull - 1st winter, red ringed 5.3, on 384 roof 13.47-14.22

Tues 20th Dec.
Quick call in on way back from a very busy Liverpool route.

- 2 x 1st winter Caspian Gulls on 384 roof.
As I got out of the van with my camera a wagon drove passed and clattered over a road divet flushing a few of the Gulls including 1 of the Caspians.
The other one stayed and I could see it was Dutch red ringed. It did a quick fly round and landed back on the roof.
The ring number was 5.3

Images to follow.

1st Winter Caspian Gull on roof of 384 at 15:45 today.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 19th of December 2022 08:03:16 PM

Sun 18th Dec

Morning visit.
- 3rd winter Caspian Gull showing well at times on 384 roof then disappearing behind the rubbish mounds in the yard. It was still knocking around at 11am when I left.

Other birds of note
- c15-20 Argentatus Gulls
- 5 Redwings over
- 1 Wren

- 3rd winter Caspian Gull

I went back after Lucas football class and after a bit of a wait I picked up a bird in flight over Redgate Lane. It continued over the yard then towards Hyde Rd before swinging round the 384 building and landing in full view on the roof. What a beauty of a Gull this is!
It continued to show well on the roof before dropping into the main yard where it showed on and off, it kept disappearing behind the rubbish mounds.

3rd winter Caspian Gull early afternoon.

Tues 13th Dec

- 1st W Caspian Gull in flight over Redgate Lane and Stoodleys mid afternoon. Seemingly dropped into the yard but no sign since.

Fri 9th Dec
Afternoon tacho break on way back from Liverpool.

- Common Gull 4
- Great Black-backed Gull adult 7
- Argentatus Herring Gull 10
- Black-headed Gull c150+
- Grey Wagtail 2
- Pied Wagtail 1
- Starling c200

Friday 2nd Dec.  11am -2pm.

1st W and a 2nd W Caspian Gull, Ad Y L Gull, a Lithuanian and a Norwegian ringed B H Gull on the mound and 384 rooftop over the period I was there.

50+ large Gulls

100+ BH Gulls.

 

-- Edited by Craig Bell on Saturday 3rd of December 2022 11:40:12 AM

-- Edited by Craig Bell on Saturday 3rd of December 2022 02:54:58 PM

Tuesday afternoon.

Called in on way back from Liverpool, absolutely loads of Gulls, c150-200 large Gulls around the site with a rough count of 60 on the 384 roof alone.

- No sign of the 2W Caspian Gull, probably already at Audenshaw
- 25+ Argentatus Herring Gulls, varies every day
- 1 Grey Wagtail
- 3 Pied Wagtail
- 1 Robin

and then the highlight, an adult type Iceland Gull appeared in flight over the yard, no time to get the camera so I swiped my iPhone to camera and took an image of the large group it was in before it disappeared. I think I got it but could be wrong.
Hopefully gets picked up at Audenshaw as I wont be at Redgate now until Friday.

2nd winter Caspian Gull showing very well this morning and 7 Great Black backed Gulls.

Fri 25th Nov
Pretty much the same as last couple of visits.

- 8 Argentatus Herring Gulls
- 6 ad Great Black-backed Gulls

Of interest 3 Common Gulls turned up and spent the next 5-10 minutes chasing Black-headed Gulls for bits of food.

Sat 19th Nov (am)
- 9 Argentatus Herring Gulls
- 5 ad Great Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Grey Wagtail
- 2 Pied Wagtail

Mon 21st Nov (pm)
- 11 Argentatus Herring Gulls
- 6 ad Great Black-backed Gulls
- 1 probable intermedius Lesser Black-backed
- 1 Redwing through
- 2 Pied Wagtail

Fri 11th Nov
Mid afternoon visit on break
- Lesser Black-backed N:W34 again


Sat 12th Nov
Lunchtime visit for an hour or so.
- c50 Pink-footed Geese over W towards the city centre
- 7 Redwings together
- 2 Greenfinch
- 2 Grey Wagtails
- 3 Pied Wagtails
- 2 ad Great Black-backed Gulls
- 6 ad Argentatus Herring Gulls
- c100 Black-headed Gulls

Also worth a mention was the decent number of Woodpigeon over, mainly singles and groups of 5-10 birds, possibly around 50-75 birds over, nothing spectacular I know, but over a virtually city centre site I thought was ok.

Sat 5th Nov
(Forget month on image, I was altering time settings and accidentally caught it.

- Herring Gull (presumably) N:66E
- 6 Argentatus Herring Gulls
- 4 ad Great Black-backed Gulls
- c150 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Jay in 384 yard
- 1 Sparrowhawk being harassed by 8 Redwings
- 2 Grey Wagtails
- 3 Pied Wagtails

Fri 21st Oct
- Lesser Black-backed Gull N:W34 again (pm)
- 4 Argentatus Herring Gulls
- 2 Great Black-backed Gulls ad
- 1 Jay over BCA


Sat 22nd Oct
- Lesser Black-backed Gull N:W34 (am)

Tues 18th Oct

- cracking 1st w Caspian Gull this afternoon on 384 roof

Sat 15th Oct

- c15 Redwings low over Redgate Lane / yard

Few visits this week but with the darker nights drawing in its been a bit late after work and most of the Gulls have gone to roost.

However, just had a Raven low over the site (Friday) and on Tuesday and Wednesday there were 2 Grey Wagtails both visits, and a Sparrowhawk on Sunday afternoon.

Thurs 22nd Sept

- adult Yellow-legged Gull
Showing well for a short while on 384 roof this afternoon but flew off towards BCA, tried to relocate it but the rain was getting heavier and my lunch break was ending.

-- Edited by Rob Creek on Thursday 22nd of September 2022 09:20:05 PM

Just had a reply from Mark Fitzpatrick, Manx Ringing Group.

Lesser Black-backed Gull T0XM

I apologise for the lack of replies. Thanks for your three emails about T0XM. It is interesting that it is hanging around the site and not just feeding up and moving on south. This LBB Gull was ringed as a chick near the Point of Ayre, at the northern tip of the Isle of Man on 1/7/2011.

Some of our Manx LBBs of a similar age have been seen over 20 times, mostly from their wintering sites in southern Spain or in Portugal. This has been seen only twice since ringed, prior to your sightings:

visit_date capture_time location_name gridRef
01/07/2011 18:00 SAN-POA (Point of Ayre) NX4604
22/12/2012 12:00 SANLOR (San Lorenzo Beach, Gijon)
06/08/2014 12:00 AGP (Point of Ayre Gravel Pits) NX4504

San Lorenzo Beach is on the north coast of Spain, west of Santander.

The BTO ring number for this bird is GR21815.

kind regards,

Mark

Mark Fitzpatrick
for Manx Ringing Group

Mon 19th Sept
- Lesser Black-backed Gull T0XM still

Tues 20th Sept
- 128 Pink-footed Geese over North 8.20am
(2 skeins 60 & 68)

Tues 6th Sept

- Lesser Black-backed Gull T0XM present yet again today, showing well early evening.

Sat 3rd Sept

- Herring Gull Y:685
No stranger to Redgate this one.