Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull (argenteus) SCAV 1CY-2CY, December 2011 & March 2012, Koksijde, Belgium. Picture: Peter Adriaens. 

Ringed as pullus in June 2011 at Zeebrugge, Belgium.

below: Herring Gull (argenteus) SCAV 2CY, March 25 2012, Koksijde, Belgium. Picture: Peter Adriaens. 

Worn 1st cycle plumage: replaced 2nd gen scaps and otherwise juvenile.

below: Herring Gull (argenteus) SCAV 1CY, December 10 2011, Koksijde, Belgium. Picture: Peter Adriaens. 

Juvenile plumage, with replaced scaps.