Gulls in NW Europe

(last update: September 25, 2011 )

Herring Gull adult (argenteus) EA 594518 June 2011 & March 2014, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Bird ringed at a bird hospital in France, "somewhere after autumn 2002" to be precise. ;-)

below: adult argenteusEA 594518 March 29 2014, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

No speckling, orange-yellow orbital ring, red only on lower mandible, pink legs.

below: adult argenteusEA 594518 June 19 2011, Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.

Classic bird.