Gulls in NW Europe

(last update: September 25, 2011 )

Herring Gull 1cy C.L (argenteus) September 23 2011, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Pictures: Maarten van Kleinwee.

Ringed as juvenile on July 02 2011 at Rotterdam Europoort, The Netherlands.
First-calendar year European Herring Gull moulting to first-winter (first-basic, first cycle) plumage. Some of the scapulars have been replaced by barred second-generation feathers.