Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull argentatus DKC 4298575 3CY & 6CY, March & October 2015; February 2018, Leiden, Katwijk & Scheveningen, the Netherlands.

Ringed as pullus on June 26 2013 at 1 Langli, Blåvand, Varde, Syddanmark, Denmark (55° 30' 39 N 8° 18' 55 E).

Herring Gull argentatus DKC 4298575 6CY, February 14 2018, Katwijk, the Netherlands.

No black on P5.

Herring Gull argentatus DKC 4298575 3CY, October 30 2015, Scheveningen, the Netherlands.

Only very small mirror on P10. Classic 3rd gen inner and central primaries and many adult-like secondaries.

below: Herring Gull argentatus DKC 4298575 3CY, March 17 2015, Leiden, the Netherlands.

2nd gen flight feathers. Pale iris. Few grey scaps.