Lesser Black-backed Gull 2cy, June 24 2013, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Bird without ring, hence no provenance on origin. However, typical intermedius-like moult: extensive moult on winter grounds, including almost all wing-coverts, tertials and rectrices.
Complete moult just started in primaries: P1/P5 (P2 already visible as well), and indicated as well by missing inner MC, which will now moult to 3rd generation while this bird is only one year old.
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