General Gull Links

Pim Wolf, Gulls along the Dutch coast.
Rudy Offerein's gulls of northern Holland & many gull-links!!!
Meeuwnl, the Dutch gull conference. Sign in and become a member! (in Dutch)

Martin Reid's extensive gull index.
Howard King's gulls from the Arabian Gulf.
Bob Lewis's gull pages.
Angus Wilson's Ocean Wanderers
Steve Hampton: gull page with lots of pics.
Nick Rossiter's many gulls from southern Europe.
Harry Lehto's gulls from Finland and his trips.
Belgian colour-ring projects, where to send your data.
Holmer Vonk's site with metal ring samples.
Japanese gulls, dealing with siberian species.
Korean Gulls: mongolicus, vegae, birulai, taimyrensis.
LBBG's, an identification article from the UK at Surfbirds (by Brian Small).
Yahoo! bird club, the international gull conference. Sign in and become a member!
Jean-Sebastien Rousseau-Piot digiscoping website: West-European birds.
Zest For Birds from South Africa.
Dutch Birding: bird observation from The Netherlands.
ID Frontiers: discussions on bird ID plus an ID Fontiers archive.
Surfbirds: latest rarities in the UK and US.
BTO projects. Several ring projects from Britain.
BTO metal rings for gulls.
University of Puget Sound: identification charts and measurements of US gulls.
Patuxent Bird Identification Info Center. 
The Kentish KOS website. Including possible American Herring Gull.

Links to Lesser Black-backed Gulls (LBBGs) on the web

Links forgotten? Links not working anymore? Please, let me know.

A very extensive contents of all LBBG plumages can be found at Martin Reid's website:

for graellsii/intermedius: http://www.martinreid.com/lbbginx.html

for fuscus: http://www.martinreid.com/fuscinx.html

Links to LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at the web, ranked by calendar year and month:

first calendar year:

1cyjuly, Maasvlakte, the Netherlands (R. Lewis): http://www.fordham.edu/lewis/birds/Holland/gull073j.JPG

1cyjuly, Maasvlakte, the Netherlands (R. Lewis): http://www.fordham.edu/lewis/birds/Holland/gull071j.JPG

1cyjuly, Finland: nominate fuscus (C.Gibbibs/P.Baxter):  http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/Features/gulls/baltic-heuglins-gulls.html

1cyaug, Finland (J. Kilpimaa): http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/6181/quiz8.htm

1cyaug, Torslandaviken, Sweden (M. Ungers): http://hem.fyristorg.com/mange/trutar/fuscus/index.html

1cyaug, Zeeland, the Netherlands (P. Wolf): http://www.geocities.com/pim_wolf/mkjuv1.html

1cysep, Zeeland, the Netherlands (P. Wolf): http://www.geocities.com/pim_wolf/mkjuv1.html

1cysep, Bergen, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusjuva.php3

1cysep, Bergen, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusjuvb.php3

1cysep, Vest-Agder, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusjuvc.php3

1cyoct, Zeeland, the Netherlands (P. Wolf): http://www.geocities.com/pim_wolf/mkjuv1.html

1cyoct, Torslandaviken, Sweden (M. Ungers): http://hem.fyristorg.com/mange/trutar/fuscus/index.html

1cyoct, Bergen, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fus1va.php3

1cyoct, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/9.JPG

1cyoct, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull089.JPG

1cyoct/dec, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull158.JPG

1cyoct/dec, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull126.JPG

1cydec, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull152.JPG

second calendar year:

2cyjan, Haugesund, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fus1vb.php3

2cy, alternate, Finland (J. Kilpimaa): http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~kjkilpim/kuva21.htm

2cymay, Nottinghamshire, UK (D. Newell): http://magikcircle.com/birds/image.asp?title_id=230&group_id=165

2cyjune, Suffolk, UK (Brian Small): http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/lbbg1.html

2cyjune, Suffolk, UK (Brian Small): http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/lbbg2.html

2cyjune, Cambridge, UK (D. Newell): http://magikcircle.com/birds/image.asp?title_id=218&group_id=165

2cyjuly, Turku, Finland (H. Lehto): http://www.astro.utu.fi/~hlehto/photo/fuscus/jul98.shtml

2cyjuly, Suffolk, UK (Brian Small): http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/lbbg1.html

2cyjuly, Suffolk, UK (Brian Small): http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/lbbg2.html
2cyjuly, Finland: nominate fuscus (C.Gibbibs/P.Baxter):  http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/Features/gulls/baltic-heuglins-gulls.html
 

2cyaug, Finland (J. Kilpimaa): http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~kjkilpim/kuva22.htm

2cyaug, Finland (J. Kilpimaa): http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~kjkilpim/kuva20.htm

2cy+aug, Finland (J. Kilpimaa): http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~kjkilpim/kuva25.htm

2cy+aug, Finland (J. Kilpimaa): http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~kjkilpim/kuva26.htm

2cy summer, USA (M. Iliff): http://www.mbr.nbs.gov/id/framlst/i0500id.html

2cy summer, Finland (J. Kilpimaa): http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~kjkilpim/kuva24.htm

2cyoct, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/LBBG2.JPG

2cyoct, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/LBBGf2.JPG

2cyoct, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/8.JPG

2cynov California, USA (S.Hampton): http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/6181/grae1.htm

2cydec, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull159.JPG

third calendar year:

3cymay, Bergen, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fus2sa.php3

3cymay, Israel (B. Clark): http://www.fordham.edu/lewis/birds/Claudia/Fuscus.JPG

3cyjune, Suffolk, UK (Brian Small): http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/lbbg3.html

3cyjuly, Suffolk, UK (Brian Small): http://www.surfbirds.com/ID%20Articles/lbbg3.html

3cyjuly, Finland: nominate fuscus (C.Gibbibs/P.Baxter):  http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/Features/gulls/baltic-heuglins-gulls.html

3cy(?) summer, Finland (H. Lehto): http://oj287.astro.utu.fi/~hlehto/photo/lokki5a.jpg

3cy(?) summer, Finland (H. Lehto): http://oj287.astro.utu.fi/~hlehto/photo/lokki6a.jpg

3cy(?) summer, Finland (H. Lehto): http://oj287.astro.utu.fi/~hlehto/photo/lokki7a.jpg

3cysep, Canary Islands (H. Lehto): http://www.astro.utu.fi/~hlehto/photo/canary/sep98.shtml

3cyoct, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull035.JPG

3cydec, California, USA (M. Rogers): http://www.wfo-cbrc.org/cbrc/photos/index.html

sub-adult (fourth+ calendar year):

sub-ad alternate, USA (F. Fallon): http://www.mbr.nbs.gov/id/framlst/i0500id.html

sub-ad may, Israel (B. Clark): http://www.fordham.edu/lewis/birds/Claudia/fuscwng.JPG

sub-ad may, Israel (B. Clark): http://www.fordham.edu/lewis/birds/Claudia/fuscwng2.JPG

adult:

5cyfeb California, USA (S. Hampton): http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/6181/cunningham1.htm

ad alternate, USA (M. Iliff): http://www.mbr.nbs.gov/id/framlst/i0500id.html

ad, alternate, Alaska, USA (Yukon): http://www.yukonweb.com/community/ybc/lbbg_ad.jpg

ad, alternate, Foula, UK: http://www.gla.ac.uk/~gbza22/jpegs/birds/lbbgull.jpg

ad basic, USA (C. Robbins): http://www.mbr.nbs.gov/id/framlst/i0500id.html

adjan, Lagos, Portugal (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull156.JPG

adjan, Lagos, Portugal (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull142.JPG

adfeb, California, USA (C. McGaugh): http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/gallery.htm

admar, Bergen, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusadsd.php3

admar, Porto, Portugal (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusadse.php3

admar, Bergen, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusadc.php3

admar, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.fordham.edu/lewis/birds/MaxLes/maxles.html

admar, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull087.JPG

adapr, Hordaland, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusadsf.php3

admay, Bergen, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusadsb.php3

admay(?), Haugesund, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusadsg.php3

admay, Floro, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusadsa.php3

adjune, Aust-Agder, Norway (F Falkenberg): http://www.zoo.uib.no/~falken/gull/fusadsc.php3

adjuly, Turku, Finland (H. Lehto): http://www.astro.utu.fi/~hlehto/photo/fuscus/jul98.shtml

adjuly, Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, (R. Lewis): http://www.fordham.edu/lewis/birds/Holland/gull133j.JPG

adjuly, Finland: nominate fuscus (C.Gibbibs/P.Baxter):  http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/Features/gulls/baltic-heuglins-gulls.html   

adaug, Normanidia, France (M. Sighele): http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/6181/fusc1.htm

adoct, California, USA (J. Weintraub): http://krypton.biomol.uci.edu/LBBG_wcw.html

adnov California, USA (S. Hampton): http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/6181/grae3.htm

addec, Texas, USA (A. Chartier): http://www.amazilia.net/images/Birds/Gulls/LBlackbackGull.htm

addec, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/LBBG1.JPG

addec, Hatteras, USA (R. Lewis): http://www.bway.net/~lewis/birds/Lessers/gull140.JPG  

Other links:

European colour-ring Birding" website: www.cr-birding.be