Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)
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lbbg 1cy May
lbbg 1cy June
lbbg 1cy July
lbbg 1cy August
lbbg 1cy September
lbbg 1cy October
lbbg 1cy November
lbbg 1cy December
lbbg 2cy Jan-Febr
lbbg 2cy Mar-April
lbbg 2cy May
lbbg 2cy June
lbbg 2cy July
lbbg 2cy August
lbbg 2cy September
lbbg 2cy October
lbbg 2cy Nov - Dec
lbbg 3cy Jan-April
lbbg 3cy May
lbbg 3cy June
lbbg 3cy July
lbbg 3cy August
lbbg 3cy September
lbbg 3cy October
lbbg 3cy Nov - Dec
lbbg sub-ad Jan-April
lbbg sub-ad May
lbbg sub-ad June
lbbg sub-ad July
lbbg sub-ad Aug
lbbg sub-ad Sept
lbbg sub-ad Oct
lbbg sub-ad Nov
lbbg sub-ad Dec
lbbg ad January
lbbg adult February
lbbg adult Mar-April
lbbg adult May
lbbg adult June
lbbg adult July
lbbg ad August
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lbbg ad October
lbbg ad Nov - Dec
L. f. graellsii FADZ July 2011, April 2012 & July 2012, Texel, the Netherlands. Picture Maarten van Kleinwee.
Ringed as breeding adult (female) on June 11 2007 at Kelderhuispolder, Texel, The Netherlands.
below: 8+cy FADZ July 16 2011, Texel, the Netherlands. Picture Maarten van Kleinwee.
Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull in full summer (alternate) plumage; no primaries are being moulted yet. P9 has no mirror. Note how the red on the bill bleeds into the upper mandible.
below: 9+cy FADZ April 14 2012, Texel, the Netherlands. Picture Maarten van Kleinwee.
Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull in full summer (alternate) plumage, with unringed partner.
below: 9+cy FADZ July 22 2012, Texel, the Netherlands. Picture Maarten van Kleinwee.
Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, moulting to winter (basic) plumage: P1 and P2 are new, P3 has been dropped.
