T1TT

Niki left for work this morning and 20 seconds later i got a phone call of her saying a Herring Gull with 

a colour ring was sat in the middle of the road 100 meters away. I ran up there and grabbed hold of T1TT

there was no signs of any obvious damage all wings ok and no blood. The bird was very light so i took it home and placed it in the back garden. He ate some bread and some cat food much to the disgust of the cat scowling out the window at it.

As i watched the Gull the head seemed to be an odd shape maybe something going on underneath the surface, it cleared the food and walked around the garden.

I went out for the morning when i got back it was still in the garden i walked out and fed it some more which it took. 

20 minutes later i looked out and the Gull had gone . Do Not hold out much hope for it but we will see.

Herring Gull T1TT was ringed in my garden on the 05 May 2010 aged as an adult

and was the secound gull in the project to be colour ringed .

T2TT ringed on same day as T1TT

I was out all yesterday with Kev after a few sites not delivering we went to the Sulby site and caught 

64 birds (47 new birds and 17 retraps)

Last night i got a great email from Kev saying  he had put the nets up in his garden when he got in from ringing and only caught 1Blue Tit. 

But the Blue Tit was a Control from my Garden at the other end of the island Fantastic 

Thats where all my garden birds have gone 

See kev blogs for details.