Herring Gull (argentatus & argenteus)(last update: |
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Herring Gull plumages: hg 1cy July hg 2cy January hg 3cy January hg sub-ad January hg ad January |
argenteus 2cy-3cy CL.AR September 2009 & 2010, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Bird ringed in Belgium. Below: argenteus 2cy CL.AR September 19 2009, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Picture: Maarten van Kleinwee. Primary moult almost finished, with only P10 still growing. Active partial autumn moult, includes upper 2 tertials and inner gc & mc. Below: argenteus 2cy CL.AR September 24 2009, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Primary moult almost finished, with only P10 still growing. Active partial autumn moult, includes upper 2 tertials and inner gc & mc. Below: argenteus 2cy CL.AR September 30 2009, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Below: argenteus 3cy CL.AR September 06 2010, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Bird ringed in Belgium. P8 fully grown, P9 almost as long as P8. |