Gulls in NW Europe

(last update: September 25, 2011 )

Herring Gull 1cy 5.463.357 (argenteus) August-September 2011, IJmuiden, the Netherlands.

Ringed in The Netherlands; released after taken into hospital, ringed 12 August 2011. In all respects a local bird.

Herring Gull 1cy (argenteus) NLA 5.463.357 August 25 2011, IJmuiden, the Netherlands.

Juvenile.

below: 1cy NLA 5.463.357 11 September 2011, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee.

First-calendar year Herring Gull in full juvenile (1st cycle) plumage.

below: 03 September 2011. Pictures: Maarten van Kleinwee.