Mediterranean Gull (L. melanocephalus)
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Mediterranean Gull 7cy R04X July 29 2012, Le Portel / Boulogne-sur-Mer, NW France. Picture: Jean-Michel Sauvage.
Photographed close to Le Portel, at parking "Leclerc / Mac-Donald" at Outreau.
Bird has been ringed metal ring as 2cy at Le Portel (Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34E) on 19 December 2007.
Ring recoveries:
09/02/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDuponcheel, C
16/02/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EHuchin, F
04/03/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EParis, S
25/03/2008 Le Portel, APO Petit Port, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,43N 1,35EDecory, P
10/04/2008 Zwijndrecht (Ineos complex), Antwerpen, BELGIUM 51,15N 4,2EKearsley, L
21/04/2008 Noordelijk Insteekdok, Oost-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 51,17N 4,13EFlamant, R
22/04/2008 Noordelijk Insteekdok, Oost-Vlaanderen, BELGIUM 51,17N 4,13EFlamant, R
24/06/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34ESauvage, J M
06/07/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EVan Huffelen, Henk J
20/07/2008 Le Portel, APO Petit Port, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,43N 1,35ECavalier, F
02/08/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDuponcheel, C
04/08/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EMajoor, F
01/09/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDe Smet, W
04/10/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDriencourt, A
08/11/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34ELeers, W
07/12/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EGriard, B
15/12/2008 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EFeys, S
15/02/2009 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDriencourt, E
15/03/2009Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDriencourt, E
15/03/2009 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDriencourt, A
10/07/2009 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34ECavalier, F
26/07/2009 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34ECavalier, F
08/08/2009 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EVan Huffelen, H J
06/09/2009 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDriencourt, A
05/11/2009 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDuponcheel, C
26/12/2009 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EFeys,
05/02/2010 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34ECavalier, F
07/03/2010 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34ESauvage, J M
22/07/2010 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34Evan Kleinwee, M
26/07/2010 Wimereux, Plage Nord, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,46N 1,37EDuponcheel,
27/07/2010 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDuponcheel, C
13/08/2010 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EKatzer, B
20/11/2010 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EFeys, S
11/03/2011 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EDe Smet, Wa
02/06/2011 Total, Antwerpen, province of Antwerpen, BELGIUM 51,15N 4,19EWolf, P
13/06/2011 Total, Antwerpen, province of Antwerpen, BELGIUM 51,15N 4,19EWolf, P
22/07/2011 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34ENagtegaal, J
30/07/2011 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EFlamant, R
25/10/2011 Le Portel, Quai de la Vierge, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,34EParis, O
18/12/2011 Outreau, Bassin Liane, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,37ESauvage, J M
29/07/2012 Outreau, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE 50,42N 1,36ESauvage, J M
From June to September, a complete moult takes place, into so-called "adult winter" plumage. The head pattern resembles the pattern in first winter birds, with blackish mask behind the eye. The mantle, scapulars, tertials and all the wing-coverts are replaced for plain pearl-grey feathers. The secondaries are completely white. The adult primaries are shiny pearly-grey, flashing white at a distance. There is a black line along the outer-web of P10 (and sometimes on P9 as well). Secondaries, under-wing and tail all completely white. The bare part coloration in adult plumage: Iris brown, orbital ring red or orangey-red, the bill red or orangey-red with a black bill-band and a yellowish tip and the legs dull reddish or dark. There is some variation in 3cy and 4cy wing-tip patterns.
