Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull MBAK 3CY, March - May 2011, Oostende, Belgium. Picture: Peter Adriaens. 

Ringed as 1CY bird in August 2009 at Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Probably argenteus, but no provenance.

below: Herring Gull MBAK 3CY, May 22 2011, Oostende, Belgium. Picture: Peter Adriaens. 

Complete moult: P1-P2 shed.

below: Herring Gull MBAK 3CY, March 26 2011, Koksijde, Belgium. Picture: Peter Adriaens. 

No complete moult. 2nd gen flight feathers.