Mew Gull Larus canus canus; heinei; kamtschatschensis; brachyrhynchus

(last update: March 12, 2012)

Mew Gull canus DEH IA 057572 10cy - 14cy, December 2011 - January 2015, Le-Touquet, France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Species: Mew Gull (Larus canus)
Sex: not given
Age: Not fledged / pullus
Date: 22.06.2002
Place: NSG INSEL LANGENWERDER
Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
54°02'00"N 011°30'00"E
Germany
Recovery after 3458 days, 779 km WSW (251,0°) from place of ringing.

below: canus DEH IA 057572 14cy, January 04 2015, Le-Touquet / Boulogne, France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Metal ring worn now.

below: canus DEH IA 057572 13cy, December 26 2014, Le-Touquet / Boulogne, France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Again present this winter.

below: canus DEH IA 057572 13cy, February 16 2014, Le-Touquet / Boulogne, France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Classic winter bird: fine streaking on head, most white in neck and side of breast, dark iris, black on bill in winter, large mirror on P10.

below: canus DEH IA 057572 10cy, December 10 2011, Le-Touquet / Boulogne, France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Adult Mew Gull photographed on 12/10/2011 beachfront Le-Touquet-Paris-Plage in the Pas de Calais.
This gull is at age, as can be told from the old metal ring which is partially worn.