First pure pairs of yellow-legged gull Larus [cachinnans] michahellis along the North Sea coasts
Since 1985, newly created land in the outer harbour of Zeebrugge (51°21’N, 3°11’E), Belgium, supports fast growing populations of gulls, terns and plovers (Seys et al. 1998; Stienen et al. in press). In 2002, 2100 pairs of Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus , 3400 pairs of Lesser Black-backed Gull L. graellsii , 950 pairs of Herring Gull L. argentatus , 2450 pairs of Common Tern Sterna hirundo and smaller numbers of Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula , Kentish Plover C. alexandrinus , Mediterranean Gull L. melanocephalus , Common Gull L. canus , Sandwich Tern S. sandvicensis and Little Tern S.... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2002 |
Schlagwörter: | Marine birds / Larus cachinnans Pallas / 1811 [Yellow-legged gull] / ANE / Belgium / Brugge / Zeebrugge |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27358401 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/297765.pdf |
Since 1985, newly created land in the outer harbour of Zeebrugge (51°21’N, 3°11’E), Belgium, supports fast growing populations of gulls, terns and plovers (Seys et al. 1998; Stienen et al. in press). In 2002, 2100 pairs of Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus , 3400 pairs of Lesser Black-backed Gull L. graellsii , 950 pairs of Herring Gull L. argentatus , 2450 pairs of Common Tern Sterna hirundo and smaller numbers of Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula , Kentish Plover C. alexandrinus , Mediterranean Gull L. melanocephalus , Common Gull L. canus , Sandwich Tern S. sandvicensis and Little Tern S. albifrons were found breeding here. In the same year, the first two pure pairs of Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis settled in the outer harbour of Zeebrugge.