Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)

(last update: May 17 2015)

Lesser Black-backed Gull intermedius VL9M 1CY & 5CY, September 2011 & 2015, Westkapelle & IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee & Mars Muusse.

Ringed blue VL9M & metal Copenhagen DKC 4L2089. Riinged as pullus on July 04 2011 at Langli, Varde, Denmark (55.31N-008.19E).

Lesser Black-backed Gull intermedius VL9M 5CY, September 28 2015, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

Complete moult: P6/P8 with P7 growing, small moult gap. Some black on P4. Active moult in tail.

Lesser Black-backed Gull intermedius VL9M 1CY, September 20 2011, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee.

First-calendar Danish Lesser Black-backed Gull, moulting to first-winter (first-basic, first cycle) plumage: a few scapulars have been replaced by second-generation feathers.

below: breeding location Langli - The only house on Langli. Picture: Lars Maltha Rasmussen