LBBG EAH9 Dintelhaven - Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, April 2002 - April 2004.

An adult bird ringed left green EAH9, ringed as pullus at the nest, June 24 1997, in the Netherlands at Maasvlakte.

below: EAH9 10cy September 23 2006, Landfill VRSU de Colmenar Viejo, Madrid, Spain. Picture: Delfín González.

Complete moult: P6 fully grown, P9-P10 old.

below: 6cy EAH9, Dintelhaven - Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, April 29 2002.

This bird is now in 6cy. Most of these codes originate from the Dintelhaven project in 1997. In this bird, the primary tips are relatively fresh and the mirror on p10 is broad, reaching both edges of the primary, but doesn't merge with the white tip. The inner greater and median coverts are the oldest feathers in the wing, brown hued and slightly abraded.