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5619: Yellow-legged Gull michahellis 2cy,
July 28 2001, Etaples, NW France.
An individual showing the average
secondary moult strategy by the end of July. The outer 10 or so
secondaries (S1-S10) have been shed, the next 4 to 5 secondaries are still
present and a small gap appears near the tertials. The first three new 2nd
generation secondaries are fully grown and the adjacent secondaries are
already growing in from the outer wing towards the body, moult started
with S1. Note the growing tail-feathers and the dark brown under-wing
coverts.
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