Yellow-legged
Gull - Geelpootmeeuw (L. michahellis): adult October
(last update: 08 december 2003)
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(2 images) Yellow-legged Gull michahellis E274 adult, October 17 2002, Scheveningen, the Netherlands (51.33N,03.25E).
Primary P6 is fully grown and P7 is slightly longer than P6. The old P10 is still present which is a very delayed moult stage for adult Yellow-legged Gulls in NW Europe. This is a very large, powerful bird (probably a male) with the legs very pale yellow and the orbital ring red. The bill is banana yellow with no red on the upper mandible. All wing-coverts and tertials are present. For the last few years this michahellis is present at Scheveningen to finish the primary moult. In winter the bird is gone.
