Gulls in NW Europe
(last update: September 25, 2011
Herring Gull 2cy US (argenteus) October 31 2009, Barneveld, the Netherlands. Pictures: Maarten van Kleinwee.
Ringed as pullus by Roland-Jan Buijs, on June 19 2008, Moerdijk, The Netherlands. Metal: Arnhem 6149313.
Second-calendar year Herring Gull, in second-winter plumage. Some of the scapulars have been replaced by adult-looking gray feathers and tertials #1 and 2 have been replaced for 3rd-generation feathers. The iris is dark, the base of the bill is pale. Note the dark underwing coverts, the darkly marked body and the tail pattern.
