Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: February 11, 2013)

Herring Gull argentatus 2L8H 4CY, August 28 2013, Rumbula (Getliņi) rubbish dump, Stopiņu, Latvia (56°53'10"N, 24°15'45"E). Picture: Igor Denisov.

Ringed as pullus with metal ring Lithuania - Kaunas (LIK) EN04286 and darvic yellow 2L8H. Ringed as pullus Larus argentatus / Herring Gull on June 09 2010 at K Kretuono ež. Didžioji sala, Švenčionių r., Lithuania (55°14'45"N, 26°04'45"E). The bird was ringed in a mixed colony of Larus argentatus and Larus cachinnans. Distance: 214 KM.

Complete moult: P6/P9. Old P10 has an obvious mirror. Black in tail.