Lesser Black-backed Gull 3cy, June 24 2013, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
3cy LBBG which returned from the winter grounds with replaced primaries (left wing at least P4-P6, but inner feathers now missing so no conclusion on that; right wing P6-P7), old 2nd gen secondaries, and new tail-feathers.
This bird is now in its complete moult: left wing P1 growing, P2-P3 missing, P4-P6 old 3rd gen, P7-P10 old 2nd gen; right wing: P1 growing, P2-P3 missing, P4-P5 old 2nd gen?, P6-P7 3rd gen, P8-P10 old 2nd gen.
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