This weekend started with sightings of some beautiful Caspian Gulls and ended with reading my first colour-ringed Caspian Gull from Slovakia. A weekend well spent!
Beautiful first-calendar year Caspian Gull, 30 September 2016, Westkapelle, the Netherlands:
First-calendar year Caspian Gull with German colour-ring, 30 September 2016, Westkapelle, the Netherlands:
With European Oystercatchers:
A nice third-calendar year Caspian Gull, 30 September 2016, Westkapelle, the Netherlands:
A very vocal first-calendar Caspian Gull at Brouwersdam, 30 September 2016, Westkapelle, the Netherlands:
My first colour-ringed Caspian Gull (a second-calendar year) from Slovakia at Katwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, 2 October 2016:
Gulls to the Horizon 