Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull argentatus JGK1 18CY, December 2015 - January 2016, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Blue JGK1, ringed as pullus on July 14 199 at Edøy, Tromsø, Troms, northern Norway (69°37'02"N 017°54'42"E).

Recoveries:
14.07 1999 à Edøy, Tromsø, Troms, Norway - 69°37'02"N 017°54'42"E
28.01 2008 - Boulogne-sur-Mer Port, Pas-de-Calais, France - 50°43'34"N 001°35'04"E JMS
16.12 2015 - Boulogne-sur-Mer "bassin Loubet", Pas-de-Calais, France JMS
22.12 2015 - Boulogne-sur-Mer "bassin Loubet", Pas-de-Calais, France JMS
02.01 2016 - Boulogne-sur-Mer "bassin Loubet", Pas-de-Calais, France JMS
07.01 2016 - Boulogne-sur-Mer "bassin Loubet", Pas-de-Calais, France JMS  

Distance: 2270 Km

below: Herring Gull argentatus JGK1 18CY, January 07 2016, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Snouty look by the sloped forehead. Dark grey on upperparts (at least, when compared to local argenteus). Orbital ring reddish. Much white in wingtip.

below: Herring Gull argentatus JGK1 17CY, December 16 2015, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.