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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. 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.

Details

Number of pages 3
Volume 4
Magazine issue 3
Pages (to-from) 127-129
Type A2: Article in a journal with peer review, not included in A1
Category Research
Magazine Atlantic Seabirds
Issns 1388-2511
Publisher Seabird Group and Dutch Seabird Group
Language English
Bibtex

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title = "First pure pairs of yellow-legged gull <i>Larus [cachinnans] michahellis</i> along the North Sea coasts",
abstract = "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.",
author = "H. J. P Vercruijsse and Eric Stienen and Jeroen van Waeyenberge",
year = "2002",
month = jan,
day = "01",
doi = "",
language = "English",
publisher = "Seabird Group and Dutch Seabird Group",
address = "Belgium,
type = "Other"
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Authors

H. J. P Vercruijsse
Eric Stienen
Jeroen van Waeyenberge