Gulls in NW Europe
(last update: September 25, 2011
Herring Gull 18-19cy H-88093 (argenteus) August 2011 - April 2012, IJmuiden, the Netherlands. Pictures: Maarten van Kleinwee & Mars Muusse.
Ringed as pullus on June 17 1994 at Zeebrugge, Belgium.
Below: 19cy H-88093 (argenteus) April 16 2012, IJmuiden, the Netherlands.
Below: 19cy H-88093 (argenteus) January 15 2012, IJmuiden, the Netherlands.
Below: 19cy H-88093 (argenteus) January 08 2012, IJmuiden, the Netherlands.
Below: 18cy H-88093 (argenteus) August 14 2011, IJmuiden, the Netherlands.
Adult Herring Gull, moulting to winter (basic) plumage. The newly replaced scapulars and outer median coverts look new and fresh, contrasting with the old lesser and greater coverts. The inner tertials are worn down to their shaft. P1 to P4 are new and fully grown, P5 and P6 have been dropped. PMS=22 (P1=5, P2=5, P3=5, P4=5, P5=1, P6=1, P7=0, P8=0, P9=0, P10=0).
Below: 18cy H-88093 (argenteus) August 07 2011, IJmuiden, the Netherlands.
Adult Herring Gull, moulting to winter (basic) plumage. The outer median coverts look new and fresh, contrasting with the old lesser and greater coverts.
P1 to P3 are new and fully grown, P4 is half grown, P5 has been dropped. The white tips of the outer primaries are worn down to their shaft. PMS=19 (P1=5, P2=5, P3=5, P4=3, P5=1, P6=0, P7=0, P8=0, P9=0, P10=0).
