Swimming with a Tiree Goose
A lesser black backed gull called Gary was satellite tagged as part of the Tag-n-Track project and was caught at
Read MoreEach of the Project gulls were fitted with a GSM (Global Satellite Monitoring) tag worn on a harness and the birds wear this like a backpack. The tags were solar-powered and some tags recorded for 2 or more years. This allowed us to track the daily movements of the gulls while they spend the breeding season in the UK and then on their winter migration. Click on the name of each gull to see their story.
A forth gull is on his way home
We have been following Gary since May 2017 where he was one of the first gulls to be tagged here
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A third gull is winging his way home
Happy’s tag stopped downloading data on the 25th of November in Cadiz in Spain. We suspected he had flown into
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OL4:C is making a move
It certainly looks like the wind is getting under our gulls wings and pushing them home now. A second one
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He’s on his way
It’s been very quiet here at TnT while we have been waiting for our gulls to return. Since the end
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Kingpin has been snapped in Spain
Kingpin arrived in Spain yesterday morning and a few hours later he was spotted and photographed by birdwatcher Antonio Lopez.
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Kingpin the gull is absolutely flying at the moment. When we last reported him on Friday he was in Cornwall
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Well it’s been a busy week with our gulls leaving Scotland. First Luna, then Stuart and today we have discovered
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