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Description: The work of the North Thames Gull Group, cannon netting gulls on refuse tips in metropolitan Essex
ageing (145) gulls (14) herring gull (3) lesser black-backed gull (2) cannon netting (1) great black-backed gull (1) yellow-legged gull (1) caspian gull (1) black-headed gull (1) mediterranean gull (1)
TRIP - Ockendon - 16/02/2019: We have undertaken a test at a new tip a Ockendon just near the M25 today and after a long wait with no lorries of food we hit the jackpot with a large vehicle full of food. This resulted in a really quick catch of just under 400 birds. Given we had a time limit on the tip and we were under pressure with a large catch we ended up having to let about 50 birds go but in the end managed to process 323 birds. Interesting catches included Norwegian, Danish and a York tip Herring gul
TRIP - Pitsea - 13/03/2018: Well that is it for Pitsea. The end has come as we knew it would. It has gone exactly the same as Rainham and the lack of food waste very squarely equals lack of birds. For our last session we had to work very hard for just over 100 birds in three catches. The first catch just after 10am was reasonable with a total of 83 birds caught. Giving the reasonably inexperienced team the opportunity to look closely at gull ages and get their hand in. There was one interesting bird in the
TRIP - Pitsea - 17/01/2018: A first session after the news of the tip closure in March. This may be the last session although we are planning two more before the end of the winter if the tip are agreeable to us holing a couple more catches to use up our last colour rings. A very windy day on occasion I was close to cancelling the session. However, with good numbers of Great Black-backs on the tip it was worth carrying on. After a couple of hours wait for a vehicle with decent food on it we received an arcti
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