Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull argenteus SX 2CY-3CY, January 2014 & February 2015, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Picture: Merijn Loeve.

Ringed as pullus in July 2013 at Maasvlakte, the Netherlands.

below: Herring Gull argenteus SX 3CY, February 2015, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Picture: Merijn Loeve.

2nd gen flight feathers. Grey saddle with many 2nd gen like feathers. pale iris.

below: Herring Gull argenteus SX 2CY, January 2014, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Picture: Merijn Loeve.

1st gen flight feathers. Almost all scaps replaced (rear scaps juvenile).