Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)

(last update: May 17 2015)

Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 1CY-2CY, September - June 2017, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

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OBSERVATION REPORT
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RINGS
Color ring - O[3:DNR]
Metallic ring

EURING code - 05920 - www.cr-birding.org/node/2939
Right leg (tarsus) Orange ring with a black four alpha-numeric code
Left leg (tarsus) - Metallic ring
Ringer - Matthieu Fortin (Bretagne Vivante)
Age at first ring - - Date -
Place where ringed - Bretagne, France
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SPECIES
Type of bird - Larus fuscus
Age & Sexe - immature - unknown
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OBSERVATION
Date of the sighting: 07.12.2016 - Time: morning
my sightings/2016: 7 - total of my sightings: 7
Place - Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal
Coordinates: - 41.176885 – 8.693382
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LIFE HISTORY
Date Location Observer
26.09.2016 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
10.10.2016 Leixões Harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
14.10.2016 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
07.11.2016 Leixões Harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
11.11.2016 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
02.12.2016 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
07.12.2016 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
13.01.2017 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
24.01.2017 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
09.02.2017 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
09.03.2017 Leixões Harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
2017.06.23 Leixões Harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 2CY, June 23 2017, Leixões harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

Complete moult started: new coverts growing in.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 2CY, March 09 2017, Leixões harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 2CY, February 09 2017, Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 2CY, January 13 2017, Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

All scaps replaced.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 1CY, December 07 2016, Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

All coverts (2x missing central MC?) and tertials juvenile. Visible flight feathers also juvenile. Many scaps replaced.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 1CY, December 02 2016, Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

All coverts (2x missing central MC?) and tertials juvenile. Visible flight feathers also juvenile. Many scaps replaced.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 1CY, November 07 2016, Leixões Harbour, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

Visible flight feathers also juvenile. Many scaps replaced.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 1CY, October 14 2016, Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

All coverts and tertials juvenile. Visible flight feathers also juvenile. Many scaps replaced.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 1CY, October 11 2016, Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

All coverts and tertials juvenile. Visible flight feathers also juvenile. Several scaps replaced.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii 3:DNR 1CY, September 26 2016, Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

All coverts and tertials juvenile. Visible flight feathers also juvenile. Few scaps (US) replaced.