Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull (argentatus) J5217 3CY, March 14 2014, Sandøya, Norway. Picture: Ingar Støyle Bringsvor.

Bird ringed in winter as 2CY, ringed on January 10 2013 at Breiavatnet in Stavanger. Now at the island Sandøya, and could well be a bird from further north.

No grey feathers and superficially similar to juvenile birds, but note central primaries and fine vermiculation on GC. Rounded tips on primaries and already mirror on 2nd gen P10. Pale iris.