Herring Gull - Zilvermeeuw (argentatus & argenteus)

(last update: 15 september 2004)

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Herring Gull H-113492 adult (argenteus), April 13 2004, Dintelhaven - Maasvlakte, the Netherlands (51.59N 04.02E). 

An adult argenteus ringed in Belgium: Bruxelles H-113492, in breeding plumage. Ringing data: ringed as wintering adult (>4CY) on February 24 2001 at Berendrecht-Antwerpen, Belgium. One recovery: March 16 2004 at landfill Breda, the Netherlands, by Roland-Jan Buijs.

The bill has no black markings; The legs are flesh coloured. Note the shape of the black sub-terminal marking on P5.