Ring details of a Great Black-backed Gull recieved

(Great black-backed Gull - right leg ringed (click image to enlarge) - 04/12/2010 - 

if you click on the image you can zoom in and see part of the ring)

As some of you may know I was out Gull watching at Rainton Meadows not Saturday just gone but the Saturday before that, I was looking for the Iceland Gull and Yellow-legged Gull but instead turned up 2 Scandinavian Herring Gulls (argentatus) and a ringed Great black-backed Gull, I must admit it was really Mark who found all them. Myself and Mark read the ring details for the Great black-backed Gull pictured above. Unfortunately we were incorrect as when I returned later on that day to look through the gulls again the bird had moved and I was able to read the full ring details. The ring read: JCS6, I text it onto Mark who then submitted the details. 

A few days ago Mark was sent an email with the birds details. So here are the results:

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CR-Code Dark blue ring with white code: JCS6 LBBW(JCS6);RBM
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 397742
Species Great Black-backed Gull  Larus marinus
Sex Female Age 5 cy+

Date	Place	Coordinates	Observers	Days/km/°
28.05 2001	Hornøya, Vardø, Finnmark, Norway	70°23'16"N 031°09'21"E	NINA - Tromsø	-
03.06 2002	Hornøya, Vardø, Finnmark, Norway	70°23'16"N 031°09'21"E	NINA Tromsø	371/0/89
15.05 2009	Hornøya, Vardø, Finnmark, Norway	70°23'16"N 031°09'21"E	Erikstad, Kjell Einar Kvivesen, Elisabeth	2909/0/89
23.05 2009	Hornøya, Vardø, Finnmark, Norway	70°23'16"N 031°09'21"E	Erikstad, Kjell Einar Kvivesen, Elisabeth	2917/0/89
24.05 2009	Hornøya, Vardø, Finnmark, Norway	70°23'16"N 031°09'21"E	Erikstad, Kjell Einar Kvivesen, Elisabeth	2918/0/89
30.04 2010	Hornøya, Vardø, Finnmark, Norway	70°23'05"N 031°09'22"E	Kvivesen, Elisabeth	3259/0/178
17.05 2010	Hornøya, Vardø, Finnmark, Norway	70°23'05"N 031°09'22"E	Helberg, Morten Kvivesen, Elisabeth	3276/0/178
04.12 2010	Rainton Meadows, Tyne & Wear, Great Britain	54°49'47"N 001°29'56"W	Newsome, Mark	3477/2351/238

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So it turns out that our bird was a female that has only ever been reported in Norway, she is at least 5 years old, I am guessing the '+' means she is possibly older.

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