Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)

(last update: May 17 2015)

LBBG 1cy BLB L-901365September 17 2004 Westkapelle, the Netherlands. Picture Pim Wolf.

A first calendar year bird with a Belgian ring, probably ringed as pullus at Zeebrugge, Belgium (51.20N 03.11E) in July 2004. Some upper scapulars have been replaced for second generation feathers, while the lower scapulars are still juvenile. Tertials and wing-coverts all juvenile in the left wing.