Gulls in Europe

(last update: October 10, 2012)

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Herring Gulls

Yellow-legged Gulls

Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Great Black-backed Gulls

Lesser Black-backed Gull (intermedius) 2cy J3KC October 25 2007, Westkapelle, the Netherlands.

Blue with white code               J3KC      Ringing Centre   Stavanger     Ringnumber     4250963          Ringer    Nils Helge Lorentzen
Species    Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus intermedius)             Sex   X     Age   Pull                  Date  08.07.2006
Place   Rauna, Farsund, Vest-Agder, NORWAY                                                                                      Co-ordinates  58.03.33 N - 06.40.10 E
  Date        Locality                                                                        Co-ordinates                  Recorder  Days        Remarks
  24.10.2007  Westkapelle, Walcheren, Zeeland, NETHERLANDS                    51.32 N - 03.26 E                  Pim Wolf                              473
  25.10.2007  Westkapelle, Walcheren, Zeeland, NETHERLANDS                    51.32 N - 03.26 E                  Ies Meulmeester, Pim Wolf        474

Inner gc growing, indicating partial autumn moult started. Still difficult to tell the exact extent of this partial moult, as plain grey feathers may also be replacements of old 2nd gen feathers, which were moulted in late winter. Often, such 2nd gen feathers (post-juvenile moult) are left out of the complete moult sequence in the initial stage, only to be replaced late in the process.