Herring Gull- Zilvermeeuw (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: 4-10-2010)

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Herring Gull plumages:

hg 1cy July
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hg 1cy October
hg 1cy November
hg 1cy December

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hg 2cy November
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hg 3cy July
hg 3cy August
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hg 3cy October
hg 3cy November
hg 3cy December

hg sub-ad January
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hg sub-ad July
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hg sub-ad November
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Herring Gull 5.366.897adult (argenteus), October 2009 & 2012, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Picture: J-M Sauvage.

Bird ringed in S Netherlands: ringed as adult at the nest on 23 May 2002 at Vlissingen.

Age & sexe : > 4 cy female
Ringing date : 23-5-2002
Ringing place : Vlissingen-Oost (Van Cittershaven), Zeeland, NL 5126.00 342.00 E
Ringer : R-J Buijs
Larus argentatus

10-8-2007 Le Portel (Strand), Pas-de-Calais, FRANKRIJK 5.042,00 N 134,00 E Stef Waasdorp & Job ten Horn
19-10-2009 Boulogne-sur-Mer (Haven), Pas-de-Calais, FRANKRIJK 5.043,00 N 135,00 E J M Sauvage
31-10-2012 Boulogne-sur-Mer (Haven), Pas-de-Calais, FRANKRIJK 5.043,00 N 135,00 E J M Sauvage

below: October 19 2009, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

At the end of the complete moult: P8 fully grown.

below: October 31 2012, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

P9 almost equals P8, but still a fraction shorter.