IJmuiden Project - Fred Cottaar, José Verbeek, Maarten van Kleinwee & Mars Muusse

(last update: January 01, 2023)

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Y.AMR
NLA 5.xxx.xxx
Herring Gull
sex?, pullus
ringed: July 05 2010
Forteiland IJmuiden, -
 
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Herring Gull (argenteusY.AMR 1CY, September 12 2010, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Pictures: Maarten van Kleinwee.

Ringed as pullus in breeding season 2010 at Forteiland, IJmuiden. Ringed by Fred Cottaar ringing team.

below: Herring Gull (argenteusY.AMR 1CY, September 12 2010, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Pictures: Maarten van Kleinwee.

First-calendar year (first cycle) European Herring Gull moulting to first-winter plumage (first prealternate moult).
Some of the mantle, upper and lower scapulars have been moulted to second-generation feathers which contrast with the first-generation (juvenile) feathers.