Photo 20: LBBG sub-adult, September 30 2001, Dannes - Le Portel, France.
Sub-adult LBBG with some black on the bill and
without white tips on the outer (visible) primaries which are otherwise pretty
fresh.
Extraordinary in autumn moult: still all
primaries and secondaries old, no active moult. No moult in the coverts which
show extensive brown hue. A few scapulars were moulted to very dark fresh
feathers, prior to southbound migration.
An individual much resembling Baltic LBBG fuscus.