Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull (argentatus) RUM ES16074 2CY, March 16 2015, Hovindam - Oslo, Norway. Picture: John Sandøy.

Please visit John's Hovindam Blog for more images! The Hovin Dam, or Lilleberg Pond, is a pond in Oslo where John attracts wintering gulls with cat food or cerals.

Bird from N Russia. Dat pending but probably ringed as pullus in Murmansk O. Russia (67.05 N 32.29 E).
Typically for N Scandinavian and N Russian birds this ringed 2CY Herring Gull only has a few replaced upper scapulars, otherwise juvenile plumage by early March.