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 sub-adult, May 18 2010, Obalykol Lake (ozero Obalykol), Orenburg Oblast, Russia (50°56'19.0"N 60°43'31.0"E). Picture: Grzegorz Neubauer.

Sub-adult (4CY-5CY) flying over the colony. Note black on primary coverts, black in tail.

Phenotypics:
P10 small mirror separted from white tip by full subterminal band.
P9 no mirror.
P4 with full subterminal band.
P1 and P2 with black spots on outerweb. Ten primaries with black.
Moult: P1-P10 old.
Black line on bill, red only on lower mandible. Clouded amber iris. Yellow legs.