Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)
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lbbg 1cy May
lbbg 1cy June
lbbg 1cy July
lbbg 1cy August
lbbg 1cy September
lbbg 1cy October
lbbg 1cy November
lbbg 1cy December
lbbg 2cy Jan-Febr
lbbg 2cy Mar-April
lbbg 2cy May
lbbg 2cy June
lbbg 2cy July
lbbg 2cy August
lbbg 2cy September
lbbg 2cy October
lbbg 2cy Nov - Dec
lbbg 3cy Jan-April
lbbg 3cy May
lbbg 3cy June
lbbg 3cy July
lbbg 3cy August
lbbg 3cy September
lbbg 3cy October
lbbg 3cy Nov - Dec
lbbg sub-ad Jan-April
lbbg sub-ad May
lbbg sub-ad June
lbbg sub-ad July
lbbg sub-ad Aug
lbbg sub-ad Sept
lbbg sub-ad Oct
lbbg sub-ad Nov
lbbg sub-ad Dec
lbbg ad January
lbbg adult February
lbbg adult Mar-April
lbbg adult May
lbbg adult June
lbbg adult July
lbbg ad August
lbbg ad September
lbbg ad October
lbbg ad Nov - Dec
L. f. graellsii 3cy JL July 29, 2011, Barneveld, the Netherlands. Picture Maarten van Kleinwee.
Ringed as pullus on June 12 2009, at Moerdijk, The Netherlands.
Third-calendar year Lesser Black-backed Gull moulting to third-winter (third-basic, third cycle) plumage. The newly acquired coverts and tertials are adult looking and contrast with the worn and faded second-generation brown feathers. The body is completely white, the iris light, and the bill adult looking with only a few black marks. Note the pink legs with no sign of yellow colourration.
