Gulls in NW Europe

(last update: September 25, 2011 )

Herring Gull 1cy 5.412.38x October 18 2009, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Pictures: Maarten van Kleinwee.

Ringed in The Netherlands.
First-calendar year Herring Gull in predominantly juvenile plumage with only a few mantle feathers and scapulars replaced for second-generation feathers.