Gull, Grey-headed

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Ringed: 4106 | Retrapped: 23 | Recovered: 137

AFRING

Annual ringing activity

Biometrics

Distribution of ringing records

Ringing records Retraps and resightings Ring recovery records
  ABAP distribution 0% 100%

Top 10 ringers

106 Mr C Hunter 1528
274 Mr A Schultz 489
286 Dr P Martin 311
331 Prof D Cyrus 290
1293 MR A McINNES 250
1387 Mr D Brensing 244
701 Mr S van der Merwe 225
1118 Mr J Veen 155
1340 C Williams 120
162 Mr J Raijmakers 107

Top 10 retrappers

0 Member of the public 35
988 Bruxelles Scheme, Belgium 2
162 Mr J Raijmakers 2
1073 Mr D Forbes 1
1096 Mr M Wilson 1
1229 J Wakelin 1
4 HP Mendelsohn 1
286 Dr P Martin 1
1250 Robyn Greyling 1
274 Mr A Schultz 1

10 Latest ringing records

SAFRING PA25057 2025-09-27 2655S2727E
SAFRING PA25055 2025-09-27 2655S2727E
SAFRING PA25058 2025-09-27 2655S2727E
SAFRING PA25056 2025-09-27 2655S2727E
SAFRING PA25053 2025-09-27 2655S2727E
SAFRING PA25054 2025-09-27 2655S2727E
SAFRING 5H65269 2025-08-05 2548S2809E
SAFRING 5H65262 2025-08-05 2548S2809E
SAFRING 5H65264 2025-08-05 2548S2809E
SAFRING 5H65267 2025-08-05 2548S2809E

10 Latest retraps/recoveries

SAFRING PA10827 2009-09-20 2011-05-30 2 1y 8m 17d
SAFRING 5H34790 2005-07-12 2007-05-29 X 1y 10m 26d
SAFRING 5H35982 2004-05-18 2006-07-13 2 2y 1m 6d
SAFRING 5H35903 2004-05-17 2006-01-25 2 1y 8m 18d
SAFRING 5H35803 2004-05-19 2005-08-14 X 1y 2m 2d
SAFRING 5H34642 2004-09-03 2005-07-12 X 0y 10m 12d
SAFRING 5H34522 2004-07-11 2005-07-12 X 1y 0m 6d
SAFRING 5H06379 2003-07-11 2005-07-12 X 2y 0m 12d
SAFRING 5H34607 2004-09-03 2005-07-06 X 0y 10m 6d
SAFRING 5H27032 2001-05-31 2005-02-24 2 3y 8m 15d

10 Greatest longevity retraps

Note: recovery (X) records are not included in this list as we are not always sure of the actual date of death.

SAFRING 583006 1987-07-30 2003-08-10 2 16y 0m 5d
SAFRING 529026 1988-09-05 2004-07-11 3 15y 10m 28d
SAFRING 524490 1973-05-06 1988-08-27 2 15y 3m 12d
SAFRING 583137 1988-06-16 1996-06-18 2 8y 0m 14d
SAFRING 583199 1988-07-03 1996-06-18 2 7y 11m 27d
SAFRING 63407340 1970-04-25 1976-03-08 2 5y 10m 14d
SAFRING 63509362 1964-01-20 1969-10-08 2 5y 8m 18d
SAFRING 583287 1996-06-28 2001-05-11 2 4y 10m 8d
SAFRING 583071 1987-08-01 1991-07-10 2 3y 11m 29d
SAFRING 5H27032 2001-05-31 2005-02-24 2 3y 8m 15d

Long distance records

Scheme Ring # Duration Distance (Km)
SAFRING 63412094 4y 0m 16d 2178
SAFRING 63412152 1y 1m 18d 1327
SAFRING 63400836 0y 2m 5d 1308
SAFRING 63400826 1y 7m 26d 1270
SAFRING 63500025 0y 3m 0d 1221
SAFRING 63500321 4y 9m 29d 1127
SAFRING 505643 1y 2m 26d 903
SAFRING 63500169 0y 3m 10d 853
SAFRING 63407568 2y 2m 28d 785
SAFRING 5H34645 0y 4m 4d 683