Gulls in NW Europe

(last update: September 25, 2011 )

Herring Gull female 2cy (argenteus) YR8.T May 2011 & October 2012, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Ringed as 1cy on 30 October 2010 at Pitsea Landfill Site (Essex) near London at a waste dump (see YR8T), so no provenance about its origin. In all respects ssp argenteus.

History:
27 Nov 2010 Rainham Tip, Greater London
15 May 2011 Boulogne-sur-Mer (Harbour), Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE
19 Jan 2012 Blaringhem, Nord, FRANCE
23 oct 2012 Boulogne sur mer (harbour),Pas-de-Calais,Fr

below: 2cy YR8.T May 15 2011, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

All scapulars replaced. Coverts and tertials worn juvenile.

below: 3cy YR8.T October 23 2012, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

P10 fully grown.