Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull argenteus BLB H-145474 11CY, August 2014, Rotterdam-Feijenoord, the Netherlands. Picture: Merijn Loeve.

Herring Gull ringed as 2CY, on August 15 2005 at Mariakerke - Oostende, Belgium.

Note missing central MC, indicating complete moult is in progress. Bird ringed as 2CY, hence no provenance on origin; but nicely matches local argenteus.