Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull (argentatus) JL529 2CY-7CY, March 2014 - January 2019, Leiden-Katwijk, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee & Mars Muusse.

Plesae visit: GULLS TO THE HORIZON, for more images. Ringed as pullus in June 2013.

CR-Code Black ring with white code: JL529 LBM;RBNW(JL529)
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 4272729
Species Herring Gull  Larus argentatus
Sex Unknown Age Pullus

Date

Place

Coordinates

Observers

Days/km/°

30.06 2013

Lyngøy, Tysnes, Hordaland, Norway

60°04'34"N 005°30'57"E

Breistøl, Arild; Pedersen, Christian

-

11.08 2013

Byparken, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

60°23'27"N 005°19'39"E

Breistøl, Arild

42/37/343

05.09 2013

Rådalen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

60°16'57"N 005°19'14"E

Breistøl, Arild

67/25/334

10.12 2013

beachmark 76 Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°17'26"N 004°27'59"E

Verkade, Hein

163/868/184

25.01 2014

North beach, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°12'52"N 004°24'01"E

van Kleinwee, Maarten

209/877/184

27.03 2014

Leiden - Noorderpark, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°10'09"N 004°29'52"E

van Kleinwee, Maarten

270/882/184

25.06 2014

Byparken, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

60°23'27"N 005°19'39"E

Ellefsen, Sigmund

360/37/343

17.07 2014

Byparken, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

60°23'27"N 005°19'39"E

Breistøl, Arild

382/37/343

14.08 2014

Byparken, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

60°23'27"N 005°19'39"E

Ellefsen, Sigmund

410/37/343

24.12 2014

Leiden - Maresingel (Huigpark), Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°09'51"N 004°29'54"E

Majoor, Frank; van Kleinwee, Maarten

542/882/184

09.02 2015

beachmark 84 Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°13'53"N 004°25'00"E

Verkade, Hein

589/875/184

17.03 2015

Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°10'11"N 004°29'51"E

Altenburg, Ruud; Muusse, Mars

625/881/184

06.04 2015

Katwijk aan Zee Strand, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°12'33"N 004°23'46"E

Hoeben, Rob

645/878/184

06.04 2015

beach Coepelduynen Katwijk beachmark 85, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°13'04"N 004°24'11"E

Spierenburg, Peter

645/877/184

10.04 2015

Binnenwatering Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°12'32"N 004°24'08"E

Spierenburg, Peter

649/878/184

20.01 2016

Katwijk on the Sea, Netherlands, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°12'30"N 004°24'11"E

Marijnis, Annelies

934/878/184

16.11 2016

Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

52°12'43"N 004°23'55"E

Muusse, Mars

1235/877/184

below: Herring Gull (argentatus) JL529 6th cycle (7CY), January 29 2019, Katwijk, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

below: Herring Gull (argentatus) JL529 4th cycle (4CY), November 16 2016, Katwijk, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

Thayeri pattern on P9, almost thayeri pattern on P10. No black on P5. Note black in greater primary coverts and much black on the bill.

below: Herring Gull (argentatus) JL529 2nd cycle (3CY), March 17 2015, Leiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Mars Muusse.

below: Herring Gull (argentatus) JL529 2nd cycle (2CY), December 24 2014, Leiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee.

Mirror on 2nd gen P10. Bird very retarded in partialautumn moult, with just some single feathers replaced again in autumn; they have a thinner pattern and have a greyish tone.

below: Herring Gull (argentatus) JL529 1st cycle (2CY), March 27 2014, Leiden, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee.

Note tail pattern, with limited sub-terminal black in outer rectrices, similar to many michahellis, but still some proximal spots on P6; and with much proximal lining on inner rectrices. Scaps replaced for 2nd gen feathers, flight feathers, coverts and tertials still juvenile.