Gulls in central Russia

(last update: January 2015)

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Locations
1. Bolshoye Boloto
2. Sitniki
3. Cheboksarskye Vdhr
4. Karamyshevo Rybchoz
5. Obalykol Lake
6. Selitba Lake

Ringing project

Recoveries

Gull ssp, June 10 2010, Ilinka, Cheboksarskye Vdhr (Reservoir), Chuvash Republic, Russia (56°11'00.0"N 46°47'00.0"E). Picture: Grzegorz Neubauer.

Sub-adult (4CY-5CY) bird, in the colony. Aged by black on coverts and secondary centres. Probably male.

Phenotypics:
P10 medium mirror separated from white tip by subterminal band, short short pale tongue on P10.
P9 small mirror.
P5 with full subterminal band.
Moult: P1-P2 new, P3-P4 missing, P5-P10 old.