Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)

(last update: 27-12-2010)

L. f. graellsii 1cy TWAL September 21 2011, Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Picture Maarten van Kleinwee.

Ringed as pullus on July 08 2011 at Zeebrugge, Belgium.

First-calendar year Lesser Black-backed Gull moulting to first-winter (first-basic, first cycle) plumage. Some of the mantle feathers and a few scapulars have been replaced by barred second-generation feathers.