Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii & intermedius)

(last update: May 17 2015)

Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii RK.RH 1CY-2CY, December 2016 - January 2017, Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

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OBSERVATION REPORT
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RINGS
Color ring - R[RK'RH]
Metallic ring - GA11294
EURING code - 05910 - www.cr-birding.org/node/835
Right leg (tarsus) - Metallic ring
Left leg (tarsus) - Red ring with a withe four alpha code
Ringer - Mick Marsh
Age at first ring - pullus - Date - 2016.07.09
Place where ringed - Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk, England
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SPECIES
Type of bird - Larus fuscus
Age & Sexe - immature - unknown
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OBSERVATION
Date of the sighting - 09.12.2016 - Time - morning
- my sightings/2016 - 1 - total of my sightings: 1
Place - Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal
Coordinates: - 41.176885 – 8.693382
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LIFE HISTORY
Date Location Observer
09.07.2016 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk, England – Ringer
16.11.2016 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – A. Mota
09.12.2016 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques
01.01.2017 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – Richard Bonser & José Marques
13.01.2017 Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal – José Marques

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

US=100%, LS=25-50%, TOTSCAPS=50-75%. Covs and tertials juvenile.

below: Lesser Black-backed Gull graellsii RK.RH 1CY, December 09 2016, Matosinhos beach, Matosinhos, Portugal. Picture: José Marques.

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