Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull argentatus 6LTP 2CY, February 15 2015, Rumbula (Getliņi) rubbish dump, Stopiņu, Latvia (56°53'10"N, 24°15'45"E). Picture: Igors Deņisovs.

Ringed as pullus with metal ring Lithuania - Kaunas (LIK) EN08098 and darvic yellow 6LTP. Ringed as pullus Larus argentatus / Herring Gull on June 12 2014 at Kretinga (žvėrininkystės ūkis), Lithuania (55°52'50"N, 21°12'50"E). Distance: 218 KM.

Only single lower rear scaps still juvenile. Coverts and tertials juvenile. Most of underparts and head replaced for 2nd gen.