Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)

(last update: July 12, 2015)

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) JA760 1cy, December 31 2009, Boulogne sur Mer, France (50.44 N - 01.35 E). Picture Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Bird ringed in Norway: Moseprimen, Karmoy, Norway (59.17N 05.11E), ringed on June 27 2009. Distance travelled: 979 Km.
Cause of death undetermined.
No weight loss (1.7 kg and most certainly a male).
No strange subject swallowed and digested. (Or lead shot in the flesh).
No broken limbs. (It was picked up off the road).
Recently death.
Several other gull-bodies were collected today on the beach without being able to determine the cause of death.