Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)

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Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii Y.AZP 3CY & 6CY, June 2013 & September 2016, the Netherlands & Portugal. Picture: Mars Muusse & José Marques.

Please visit José's FLICKR PHOTO STREAM and also José Blog "Seabirds Portugal".

OBSERVATION REPORT

RINGS
Color ring - G[Y.AZP]
Metallic ring
EURING code - 05910 - www.cr-birding.org/node/545
Right leg (tarsus) – Green ring with a white four alpha code
Left leg (tarsus) - Metallic ring
Ringer - Kees Camphuysen
Age at first ring - - Date - 2011.07.11
Place where ringed - Ijmuiden, Forteiland, Holland

SPECIES
Type of bird - Larus fuscus
Age & Sexe - Ad. - Unknown

OBSERVATION
Date of the sighting - 22.09.2016 - Time: afternoon
my sightings/2016: 1 - total of my sightings: 1
Place - Leça beach, Matosinhos, Portugal
Coordinates: - 41.17632 – 8.692374

LIFE HISTORY
Date - Location - Observer
2011.07/08 – 17 sightings in Ijmuiden, Forteiland – Fred Cottaar; Jose & Kees Verbeek
04.11.2011 – Matosinhos Beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – Peter Rock
04.11.2011 - Leixoes harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal – Tim van Nus
08.11.2011 – Figueira da Foz, Coimbra, Portugal – HJP Vercruijsse
08,09,10.11.2011 – Figueira da Foz Beach, Coimbra, Portugal – Peter Rock
09.06.2013 – Noordwijk, Holland – Mars Muusse
14.06.2013 – Voorhout, Holland – Willem-Jan Hooijmans
24.08.2013 – Torreira, Portugal – José Tavares
11.09.2013 - Leixoes harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal – Tim van Nus
22.09.2016- Leça Beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii Y.AZP 6CY, September 22 2016, Leça beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

P3/P6.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii Y.AZP 3CY, June 09 2013, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

Moult-wise, close to classic graellsii, with grey saddle, brown wing-coverts and almost all flight feathers 2nd generation. However, in winter a subsequent moult involved central tail-feathers and inner wing-coverts.
Complete moult started, with P1-P2 missing, P3-P10 old 2nd gen.