Gulls in NW Europe

(last update: September 25, 2011 )

Herring Gull 1cy CVA.X (argenteus) September 21 2009, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Pictures: Maarten van Kleinwee.

Ringed as pullus on June 26 2009 at Oostende, Belgium. With metal Brussels H153907.
First-calendar Herring Gull, moulting to winter plumage. A few mantle feathers and scapulars are second-generation feathers.