Gulls in NW Europe
(last update: September 25, 2011
Herring Gull 2cy 6.166.378 (argenteus), February 19 2011, Zoetermeer-Grote Dobbe, the Netherlands. Pictures: Maarten van Kleinwee.
Ringed as juvenile on June 19 2010 at Europoort - Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Second-calendar year European Herring Gull, in first-winter plumage (first prebasic moult). Most of the scapulars have been replaced by second-generation feathers, while the first-generation tertials and wing coverts are showing wear, especially at the fringes.
