Colour ringed birds

Just some of the photos sent to us of Manx colour-ringed birds, or birds colour-ringed elsewhere and then seen in the Isle of Man.

Great Black-backed Gull 'M64:M' was seen at Kilmore Quay, Co Wexford, Ireland, on 3/12/20. Ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 18/7/19, it was next seen on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, on 13/10/19. It was then seen in a garden in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, on 17/2/20. [Photo: Kieran Grace]

Herring Gull 'T5YR' was seen at Grangecastle Business Park, Dublin,on 22/11/20. This is the first report of this bird since it was ringed as chick on the Calf of Man on 13/7/19. [Photo: Graham Prole]

Rock Pipit 'left leg: pale pink above pale pink; right leg: blue above metal' was photographed at the 'boat park' by Ramsey Harbour. This bird was ringed at the same location on 1/11/16. This is the first sighting since then. [Photo: Fred Hodgson]

Herring Gull 'T1XE' was at Sean Walsh Park, Dublin, again on 11/11/20. Ringed on the Calf of Man on 2/7/20. This is the third sighting since it was ringed, all sightings have been at Sean Walsh Park. [Photo: Graham Prole]

Great Black-backed Gull 'S39:M' was at Ardglass Harbour, Co. Down, on 8/11/20. Ringed as an adult on the Calf of Man on 28/5/18, it has been seen twice more on the Calf and three other times at Ardglass Harbour. [Photo: Gary Platt]

Herring Gull 'T3WZ' was seen on the Avoca River Estuary in Arklow on Sunday evening 18/10/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 30/6/20. This is the first sighting since then. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T2XE' was seen at Dungarvan, County Waterford on 12/10/20. It was ringed as a chick on 2/7/20. This is the second sighting of this bird since it was ringed, the first being at Bray Harbour on 15/8/20. [Photo: via Sam Bayley]

Herring Gull 'T4WT' was photographed visiting the garden of a house in Douglas on 5/10/20. It was ringed a chick on the Calf of Man on 23/6/19. This was the first reported sighting since then. [Photo Stella Corlett]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T6VD' was seen at Quateria fishing port, in the Algarve, Portugal, on 2/10/20. It was seen in Bedfordshire on 26/8/20, obviously on its way south. Ringed as a breeding adult bird at the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man, on 27/5/15, it was also reported from different sites in England on 14/8/18 and 28/8/18. This is an unusual pattern of sightings. It is likely that this bird is still breeding in the Isle of Man, but it seems to like stopping off in England on its way south in the autumn. Most other Lesser Black-backed appear to go south more quickly than this bird. [Photo: Georg Schreier]

Chough 'Yellow over metal on left', 'Yellow over black on right' was seen at Strandhall on 30/9/20. This bird was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man in 2018. [Photo: Stephen Whittaker]

Herring Gull 'T1WF' was at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, yet again on 29/9/20. See below for other sightings. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Herring Gull 'T0WR' was photographed at Parnell Bridge, Wicklow Town, on 17/9/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 6/7/20. This was the first sighting since then. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T1WF' was at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, again on 15/9/20. See below for other sightings. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Herring Gull 'T4VG' was still at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 13/9/20. See below for other sightings. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Great Black-backed Gull 'S86:M' was seen at Carlingford Lough, Co. Down on 13/9/20. Ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 21/6/19. This was the first time it has been seen since then. [Photo: Gary Platt]

Great Black-backed Gull 'M91:M' was seen at Dundrum South Inner Bay on 9/9/20. It was ringed as an adult on the Calf of Man on 3/7/20. This is the first time it has been reported since then. [Photo: David Nixon]

Herring Gull 'T1WF' was seen again at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 9/9/20. See below for other sightings at Bray Harbour. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Herring Gull 'T4VG' was at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, again on 9/9/20. See below for other sightings. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Herring Gull 'T7VE' was seen at Tyrella Beach, Co. Down, on 9/9/20. It was ringed on 3/7/19 on the Calf of Man and was also seen on 26/1/20 at Ardglass Harbour and on 21/7/20 at Dundrum Inner Bay. [Photo: Suzanne Belshaw]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T5WR' as seen at Kilcoole Marsh, Ireland, on 8/9/20. It was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 6/7/20. This is the first time it has been seen since it was ringed. [Photo: Stephen King]

Herring Gull 'T1XE' was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 2/7/20. The first report after this was from Seán Walsh Park, Tallaght, Dublin, on 26/8/20. It was seen again there on 4/9/20, when this photo was taken. [Photo: Graham Prole]

Herring Gull 'T4VG' was at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 3/9/20. Ringed as chick on the Calf of Man on 26/6/19, there have been many sightings at Bray Harbour since then in 2019 and 2020. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Chough 'Yellow over White on left', 'Blue over metal on right' was seen on Castletown Golf Links on 30/8/20. This bird fledged on the Isle of Man in 2019. This is the fourth sighting this year. [Photo: Neil Morris]

Chough 'Green over metal on left', 'White over orange on right' was seen on Burroo Ned, by The Sound, on 30/8/20. This bird fledged on the Isle of Man in 2020. [Photo: Neil Morris]

Herring Gull 'T1WF' was at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 26/8/20. Ringed as chick on the Calf of Man on 30/6/19, there have been many sightings at Bray Harbour since then. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T2VJ' was seen again at Torreira, Portugal, on 25/8/20. Ringed as adult at the Point of Ayre Gravel Pits on 2/6/15, then seen at Bent Lane, Whitmore, Staffordshire on 15/2/17, at Espinho, Aveiro, Portugal on 31/8/17 and at Torreia on 10/8/20.. [Photo: José Tavares]

Great Black-backed Gull 'T5ZX' landed on Brian Chambers' fishing boat on 24/8/20 roughly about 3 miles east of Annalong on the east coast of Northern Ireland. Ringed as a chick on 3/7/14 at the Point of Ayre at the northern tip of the Isle of Man. It has never been reported before. [Photo: Brian Chambers]

Great Black-backed Gull 'S76:M' was seen at Hoylake shore on the Wirral, Merseyside, on 22/8/20. Ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man in 2015, it was later reported in Ireland in 2015 and 2018, before being seen at Oakenholt RSPB Reserve on 29/12/19. [Photo: Tim Kinch]

Chough 'Green over metal on left' and 'Blue over blue on right' was at Sandwick on 20/8/20. This is a Manx bird, fledged in 2019. [Photo: Mick Coupe]

Chough 'Green over metal on left' and 'Blue over blue on right' in flight at Sandwick on 20/8/20.  [Photo: Mick Coupe]

Wheatear 'CC4' was seen at Barbury Castle, on the Ridgeway south of Swindon, Wiltshire, on 18/8/20. It was ringed as a juvenile on the Calf of Man on 24/6/19. This is the first sighting since it was ringed [Photo sent via Graham Deacon, Wiltshire Ringing Recorder, Wiltshire Ornithological Society]

Herring Gull 'T2XE' was seen at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 18/8/20. This was the first sighting since it was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 2/7/20.

Herring Gull 'T8YV' was still at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 15/8/20. See below for previous sightings. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T85:M' was seen on the Praia da Saúde beach, Costa da Caparica, Setúbal, Portugal, on 11/8/20. This is a well-reported bird. Since being ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 4/7/18, it was then seen on 11/9/18 at Mira Beach, Coimbra, Portugal, then at Costa de Caparica, Portugal, on 24/10/18, Jardim Amália Rodrigues, Lisbon on 11/11/18, Costa de Caparica again on 10/9/19, Radipole Lake RSPB reserve, Dorset, on 22/5/20 and Shrewton Pig Farm, Wiltshire, 3/7/20. [Photo: Nuno Oliveira]

Another photo of Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T85:M' at Praia da Saúde beach, Costa da Caparica, Setúbal, Portugal, on 11/8/20. The ring is harder to read, but the photo is included as the whole bird can be seen. [Photo: Nuno Oliveira]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T2VJ' was seen at Torreira, Portugal, on 10/8/20. Ringed as adult at the Point of Ayre Gravel Pits on 2/6/15, then seen at Bent Lane, Whitmore, Staffordshire on 15/2/17 and at Espinho, Aveiro, Portugal on 31/8/17. [Photo: José Tavares]

Herring Gull 'T9YX' was seen on Hilbre Island, in the Dee Estuary, on 6/8/20. It was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 3/7/109. This was the first sighting since then. [Photo:Elliot Montieth]

Herring Gull 'T8YV' was at Bray Harbour again on 27/7/20. See below for other information. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Herring Gull 'T8YV' was seen again at Bray Harbour, Co, Wicklow, on 26/7/20. See below for more details of this bird. [Photo: Cian Merne]

Herring Gull 'T1YU' was at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 18/7/20. Ringed on the Calf of Man on 27/6/19, there have been four previous reports from Ireland. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Herring Gull 'T9WB' was seen at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 9/7/20. It was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 23/6/19. This is the first sighting since then. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T1WF' was seen at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 9/7/20. It was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 30/6/19 and then seen at Bray Harbour on seven previous occasions. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T8YV' was seen back at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 4/7/20. This is its seventh sighting in Ireland since it was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 27/6/19. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T4YZ' was seen again at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 16/6/20  For more details of this bird, see below. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Herring Gull 'T4VG' was seen again at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 16/6/20  For more details of this bird, see below. The bird with a red colour ring was ringed in Ireland. [Photo: Inta Kaulina]

Herring Gull 'T1WF' was seen at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 11/6/20. Ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 30/6/19. First seen at Bray Harbour on 27/12/19, then regularly at Bray since then. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T4YZ' was seen at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 11/6/20. Ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 30/6/19. It was next seen at Dun Laoghaire Harbour on 6/11/19. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T4VG' was seen at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 11/6/20. Ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 26/6/19. Seen at Bray Harbour on many dates last year and on 24/5/20.[Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'R12:M' was seen at Ardglass Harbour, Co. Down, on 11/6/20. It was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 20/6/15. It was seen on the Calf again on 27/3/19, so this is the first sighting away from the Calf. [Photo: Declan Clark]

Arctic Tern 'PD' was photographed at the Point of Ayre on 29/5/20. It was ringed at the same location on 23/6/18. [Photo: Michael Coupe]

Great Black-backed Gull 'M62:M' landed on a fishing vessel in the Irish Sea on 3/6/20, 35 nautical miles WSW of the Calf of Man. M62:M was ringed as a chick on 26/6/19 on the Calf of Man.It was then seen on 25/5/20 at Ardglass Harbour, Co. Down. So this report is the second since it was ringed. [Photo: Sean McKinley]

Herring Gull 'T6WE' was seen on 16/5/20, visiting a fishing vessel in the Irish Sea while it was 12 nautical miles east of the mouth of Strangford Lough, Co. Down. T6WE was ringed on the Calf of Man on 23/6/19 on the Calf of Man. This is the first report of the bird since it was ringed. [Photo: Sean McKinley]

Herring Gull 'T0VB' was by the Dargle River, Bray, Co. Wicklow, on 29/5/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 3/7/19. This is the first sighting of this bird since then. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T4YZ' was by the Dargle River, Bray, Co. Wicklow, on 29/5/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 30/6/19. There has been one previous sighting, from Dun Laoghaire Harbour in on 6/11/19. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T3YS' was by the Dargle River, Bray, Co. Wicklow, on 25/5/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 27/6/19. There have been three previous sightings in Bray, between 24/11/19 and 10/3/20 since then. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T5WJ' was by the Dargle River, Bray, Co. Wicklow, on 25/5/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 30/6/19. This is the first sighting since then. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T9WF' was at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 25/5/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 30/6/19. This is the first sighting since then. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T4WG' was in a flock of  approximately 225 Herring Gulls in Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 23/5/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 26/6/19. It has been seen on six previous occasions at Bray, between September and December 2019. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T1WF' was on the Dargle River, Bray, Co. Wicklow, on 22/5/20. It was in a flock of c55 Herring Gulls flying between the river and a nearby supermarket roof. Ringed as a pullus on the Calf of Man on 30/6/19, T1WF has been seen at Bray on five previous dates between February and April 2020. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T85:M' was spotted in the car park at RSPB Radipole, Weymouth, Dorset, on 22/5/20. Ringed as a pullus on the Calf of Man on 4/7/18, it is now in its third calendar year. The plumage is still showing that it is distinctly a juvenile. It has been seen on four previous occasions, all in Portugal: 11/9/18 (Mira Beach, Coimbra), 24/10/18 (Costa de Caparica), 11/11/18 (Lisbon), 18/9/19 (Costa de Caparica). [Photo: Edmund Mackrill]

Oystercatcher 'APH' was seen on The Ayres on 9/5/20. Ringed at Rostrevor, Carlingford Lough, Co. Down, as an adult on 12/12/19, this was the first sighting since then. Note the identifying mark here is a leg flag, not a colour ring. [Photo: Jeremy Paul]

Herring Gull 'T8ZH' is a regular visitor to the balcony of a flat in Port Erin (even though it is not getting fed). This bird was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 20/6/12. It was seen in Dublin in December 2012. Since then it was seen four times on the Calf of Man in both 2017 and 2018. This photo was taken 11/4/20. [Photo: Jo Lewy]

Herring Gull 'T1WF' was seen again at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, on 28//03/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man on 30/6/19 as a pullus. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Herring Gull 'T1ZE' was spotted at Soleburn, Loch Ryan, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on 27/3/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man on 26/6/19. This is the first time this bird has been reported since it was ringed. [Photo: Brian Henderson]

Herring Gull 'T1YZ' was at Grange Castle Business Park, Dublin, on 21/3/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man on 30/6/19. This is the first report of this bird since it was ringed [Photo: Graham Prole]

Another sighting of Great Black-backed Gull 'M58:M' at Doonfoot, Ayr, Scotland on 16/3/20. See the earlier photo on 17/1/20. [Photo: Scott Black]

Herring Gull 'T3YS' was at Howth Harbour, Dublin, on 10/3/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man on 27/6/19. It was then seen at Howth Harbour on 24/11/19 and at North Lagoon, Bull Island, Dublin on 27/2/20 [Photo: Graham Prole]

Herring Gull 'T3YY' was present at Parnell Bridge, Wicklow Town, Co Wicklow, Ireland on 5/3/20. It was amongst a total flock of 52 Herring Gulls and 62 Black-headed Gulls. 'T3YY' was ringed on the Calf of Man as a pullus on 3/7/19. It was then seen at Sean Walsh Park, Dublin, on 10/11/19 and at Bray Harbour, Co. Wicklow, on 21/12/19. [Photo: Joe Lennon]

Record shot of Great Black-backed Gull 'S43:M' at Nevern Estuary, Pembrokeshire, on 1/3/20. It is mostly hidden by the bird in front. This bird was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 26/6/17. It was first seen on the Nevern Estuary on 14/10/17 and has been seen there now a total on 25 times, plus one sighting along the coast in Fishguard Harbour.  [Photo: Sam Baxter]

Herring Gull 'T1WF' was at Bray harbour Co. Wicklow, Ireland, on 27/2/20. It 'T1WF' is a Herring Gull ringed on the Calf of Man on 30/6/19 as a pullus. It was also seen at Bray Harbour on 27/12/19 and 25/2/20, [Photo: Brian Power]

Herring Gull 'T1WS' was on Kinnegar Beach, situated on the southern side of Belfast Lough. on 23/2/20. It was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 23/6/19. It was seen again still on the Calf on 23/8/19 and then at Ardglass Harbour. Co. Down, on 5/12/19. [Photo: Gary Platt]

Herring Gull 'T2ZE' was seen at Redgate Recycling in Manchester on 10/2/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man as a chick on 26/6/19. This was the first sighting since it was ringed. [Photo: Rob Creek]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T66:M' was seen at Leixões harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal, on 6/2/20. It was ringed on the Calf of Man on 28/6/18. It was also seen at Matosinhos on 9/9 and 8/10/19, so it has returned to the same spot this winter. [Photo: José Marques]

Great Black-backed Gull 'M58:M' was at Doonfoot, Alloway, Ayr, Scotland on 17/1/20. It was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 2/7/19. It was still on the Calf on 12/8/19; this is the first sighting elsewhere. [Photo: Scott Black]

Great Black-backed Gull 'M66:M' was seen at Colt Island / Inis Colt, Dublin, on 10/9/19. It was ringed as a chick on the Calf of Man on 18/7/19. This is the first sighting since then. [Photo: Eddie Jordan]

Black-headed Gull '2L98' was photographed at Soleburn, Loch Ryan, Dumfries & Galloway, on 26/3/19. It was ringed as an adult at the Point of Ayre, at the northern tip of the Isle of Man, on 27/5/16. It has also been seen on three other occasions in Dumfries & Galloway between 20/3/18 and 27/3/19. [Photo: Brian Henderson]

Herring Gull 'I33:M' at Whitehead, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland on 13/10/17 [photo: Cameron Moore]

Herring Gull 'I33:M' at Whitehead, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland on 13/10/17 [photo: Cameron Moore]

Rock Pipit at Fenella Beach, Peel on 5/1/18 [Photo: Stephen Whittaker]

Rock Pipit at Niarbyl on 2/7/17 [Photo: Stephen Whittaker]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T04:M' at Carsington Water, Derbyshire on 9/10/17 [photo: Richard Lowe]

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Herring Gull 'T8UF' at Ballycotton, Co. Cork, Ireland on 1/1/18 [photo Norma Gleeson]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'V33:M' at Praia de Mira, Coimbra, Portugal on 6/10/17 [photo: Jose Marques]

Lesser Black-backed Gull 'T5ZH', ringed as a pullus on the Calf of Man on 13/7/12, photographed by Gilberto Pinelas on 23/2/18 at the fishing port of Sesimbra (38º26'24.37''N - 9º06'46.65''O), in the district of Setúbal, Portugal,

Great Black-backed Gull 'S62:M' photographed by Graham Prole at Bullock Harbour, Dublin, Ireland on 31/3/18. Ringed on the Calf of Man on 26/6/15 as a pullus (BTO ring HT95232) 

Lesser Black-Backed Gull 'V31:M' at Sonzay, Indre-et-Loire, France on 18/11/17 (photo: Patrick Derrien)