Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)
(last update: May 17 2015)
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 January
lbbg 2cy February
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 adult January
lbbg adult February
lbbg adult March
lbbg adult April
lbbg adult May
lbbg adult June
lbbg adult July
lbbg adult August
lbbg adult September
lbbg adult October
lbbg adult Nov - Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull H252 3CY, August 01 2010, Koksijde, Belgium. Picture: Peter Adriaens.
Ringed as pullus in 2008 at Helgoland, N Germany. This colony holds birds in the transition between graellsii and intermedius.
Complete moult: P1-P4 replaced for 3rd gen primaries (P4 with sub-terminal black), P5 growing. P7-P10 old 2nd gen. Pretty classic graellsii-type bird, with primaries and secondaries old 2nd gen in late winetr and no few tail feathers replaced last winter.
