Herring Gull A5UW 1cy (argenteus), November 2008 - September 2010, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: J-M Sauvage.
Herring Gull A5UW 1cy (argenteus), November 09 2008, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: J-M Sauvage.
Bird ringed at Essex, U.K. Taken into care for a while as orphan / botulism victim (but nestling from the coast). Many scapulars replaced: us = 100% 2g; ls = 75-99% 2g; total scaps = 75-99% 2g.
Herring Gull A5UW 2cy (argenteus), July 06 2009, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: J-M Sauvage.
Bird in complete moult: P7 fully grown, no old primaries left. Inner secondaries still juvenile.
Herring Gull A5UW 2cy (argenteus), September 04 2009, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: J-M Sauvage.
Last phase of the complete moult: P10 almost fully grown. Individual nicely illustrating the partiual autumn moult in mc, inner gc and upper tt.
Herring Gull A5UW 3cy (argenteus), June 29 2010, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: J-M Sauvage.
Fresh inner mc again.
Herring Gull A5UW 3cy (argenteus), September 28 2010, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: J-M Sauvage.
Bird in complete moult: P9 fully grown, no old primaries left. P10 is at the length of P8.
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