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Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)    Gulls, Terns and Skimmers (Laridae)
Sølvmåge    Gaviota Plateada
Herring Gull 2051    (1 photos)
2009-04-29    Las Coloradas (yuc), Mexico

Subspecies: smithsonianus
2cy - 2 cycle bird. Very worn and bleached with beginning molt of back feathers. The dusky color of the forehead looks unnatural - dirt?


Herring Gull 2052    (3 photos)
2009-04-29    Las Coloradas (yuc), Mexico

Subspecies: smithsonianus
2cy - 2 cycle bird. This one is also very worn and bleached, which could suggest that it spent the whole winter down here in the strong sunlight. Some back feathers and inner primaries molted.


Herring Gull 2053    (2 photos)
2009-04-29    Las Coloradas (yuc), Mexico

Subspecies: smithsonianus
2cy - 2 cycle bird. Not as worn and bleached as 2052, but still affected by the strong sunlight I suppose. Also here it looks like the the inner primaries and some back feathers have been changed.


Herring Gull 1455    (2 photos)
2014-11-08    Helsingør, Denmark

Subspecies: argentatus
Adult and 1cy bird. On the adult the limited black hand and especially the p5 without any black spots are good indications of this subspecies, and not argenteus which normally has a more western distribution.


Herring Gull 3327    (3 photos)
2020-01-04    Mazatlán (sin), Mexico

Subspecies: smithsonianus
1 cycle (2cy). Tentatively calling this a Herring Gull though the resemblance to a California Gull is big. I base this mainly on the great amount of white in the outer tail, which should be unusual for a California. And also on the obvious pale wedge in the hand which you normally don't see on a California either. However, the overall impression of the bird, structure and colors, leans more toward a California if you ask me...


Herring Gull 3344    (3 photos)
2020-04-01    Vinkelhuse (tårnby), Denmark

Adult. Female. Trying to repeat the success a Great Black-backed Gull had yesterday extracting a piece of bread from the same plastic bag. But of course it was empty and soon forgotten by the gull; now destined to fly to unknown places by the fresh northwestern wind.

Banded with white text on blue on right leg: VL2W. Metal band left leg.

Banded as a 3cy female Damhussøen, Copenhagen on 2012-02-07 (Kjeld Tommy Pedersen).

Reported extensively during 2012 and 2013 from Damhussøen, and then not until this observation made from my bedroom window.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3496    (4 photos) Same bird: 1
2020-10-25    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third calendar year. Male. This age by almost complete white underpart, extensive adult type scapulars and back feathers and still brownish worn wing coverts.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VKKA. Metal band on left leg.

Banded as 2cy male Kastrup Havn, Amager on 2019-01-25 (Kjeld Tommy Pedersen).


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3803    (2 photos) Same bird: 40
2020-11-21    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Adult.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VAPP. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3673    (2 photos) Same bird: 1
2020-12-19    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third calendar year. Male.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VKKA. Metal band on left leg.

Banded as 2cy male Kastrup Havn, Amager on 2019-01-25 (Kjeld Tommy Pedersen).


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3675    (1 photos) Same bird: 67
2020-12-25    Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark

Ravelinen.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VCPN. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3586    (4 photos) Same bird: 1
2021-06-13    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Fourth calendar year. Male.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VKKA. Metal band on left leg.

Banded as 2cy male Kastrup Havn, Amager on 2019-01-25 (Kjeld Tommy Pedersen).


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3587    (3 photos) Same bird: 1
2021-06-15    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Fourth calendar year. Male.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VKKA. Metal band on left leg.

Banded as 2cy male Kastrup Havn, Amager on 2019-01-25 (Kjeld Tommy Pedersen).


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3802    (3 photos)
2021-06-15    Søstjernen (Amager Strand), Denmark

Adult.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VBSY. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3604    (2 photos)
2021-09-01    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Adult.
Yellowish legs as a good number of Herrings can show.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VCSZ. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3583    (3 photos) Same bird: 1
2021-09-29    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Fourth calendar year. Male.
The plumage looking overall adult, but comparing with last years plumage, it is obviously not an adult now, but rather a 4cy bird, also because of the pale bill with extensive black, though much lesser than the year before.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VKKA. Metal band on left leg.

Banded as 2cy male Kastrup Havn, Amager on 2019-01-25 (Kjeld Tommy Pedersen).


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3579    (1 photos)
2021-09-29    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Adult. Non-breeding. Assuming it is a complete adult, and in heavy primary molt, giving it a stump-ended profile.


Herring Gull 3580    (3 photos)
2021-09-29    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

First calendar year. Looks rather disorganized the plumage, but the photo of the upper wing gives a good indication of a bird with uniform wing coverts and remiges, making it a first year bird.



Herring Gull 3581    (1 photos)
2021-09-29    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

First calendar year. Typical darkish brown and uniformly looking bird.


Herring Gull 3582    (1 photos)
2021-09-29    Søstjernen (Amager Strand), Denmark

First calendar year. Hatch year bird showing two generations of scapulars.

There were several gulls around, while it was accommodating this mouthful, but none seemed interested in competing for it. Maybe because it was a big and determined bird, or perhaps the gulls in general are well fed at this spot giving them no need to fight for food.



Herring Gull 3626    (1 photos)
2021-10-25    Søstjernen (Amager Strand), Denmark

First calendar year. A paler individual with paler bill base and molt of head and breast region. And many second generation scapulars.


Herring Gull 3627    (1 photos)
2021-10-25    Søstjernen (Amager Strand), Denmark

First calendar year.


Herring Gull 3628    (1 photos)
2021-10-25    Søstjernen (Amager Strand), Denmark

Second calendar year. Gray back and some scapulars and pale eye are good for this age. The whitish tips to the visible primaries indicate that they are fresh and therefore not from the juvenile cycle.


Herring Gull 3654    (1 photos)
2021-10-28    Dragør Kommune, Denmark

First calendar year.


Herring Gull 3813    (1 photos) Same bird: 19
2021-11-27    Dragør Havn, Denmark

Second calendar year.
Banded with white text on blue on right leg: V6T1. Metal band on left leg.

Not reported to Kjeld.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3783    (2 photos)
2021-12-06    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third calendar year. With immature tail feathers and many wing coverts, all greater coverts, I think it is reasonable to suggest that this is a bird of this age, and not a retarded 4cy bird. Due to the very dark markings in the head and apparently much black in the hand, I would guess that the bird would be an argenteus rather than an argentatus. But not sure.


Herring Gull 3784    (3 photos) Same bird: 19
2021-12-06    Dragør Havn, Denmark

Second calendar year. Foraging unaffected and alone next to the access road to Goose Town.

Banded with white text on blue band on right leg: V6T1. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 3862    (1 photos) Same bird: 0
2021-12-28    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Adult.


Herring Gull 3865    (1 photos)
2021-12-28    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Adult.


Herring Gull 3863    (1 photos)
2021-12-28    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third calendar year. Likely this age with pale bill, completely adult type back and many coverts plus well-marked white tips to primaries that look darker than the brownish color normally shown by younger individuals.


Herring Gull 3864    (1 photos)
2021-12-28    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third calendar year.


Herring Gull 3892    (3 photos)
2022-01-01    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third cycle. 4CY type of bird with complete gray back, adult-colored bill and black remiges. Also supported by the well-tainted headed and mantle.


Herring Gull 3890    (2 photos)
2022-01-05    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Adult.


Herring Gull 3891    (1 photos)
2022-01-05    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Adult.


Herring Gull 3893    (1 photos)
2022-01-05    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Second calendar year.


Herring Gull 4138    (1 photos)
2022-01-28    Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark

Third calendar year. Ravelinen.




Herring Gull 3954    (1 photos)
2022-04-08    Søerne (København), Denmark

Third calendar year. Assuming this age by second generation primaries.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VLEK. Metal band on the left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4148    (1 photos)
2022-05-22    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

First calendar year. Rather typical individual.


Herring Gull 4147    (1 photos)
2022-05-22    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third calendar year.


Herring Gull 4149    (1 photos)
2022-05-22    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third calendar year. The bird in front, with a 4cy next and a probable adult in the back.


Herring Gull 4146    (1 photos)
2022-08-05    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third calendar year.
Still with outer first year primaries.



Herring Gull 4222    (1 photos) Same bird: 1
2022-08-19    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Fifth calendar year. Male.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VKKA. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4160    (2 photos) Same bird: 40
2022-08-23    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Adult.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VAPP. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4162    (1 photos)
2022-08-23    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Adult.


Herring Gull 4163    (1 photos)
2022-08-23    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

First calendar year.


Herring Gull 4164    (1 photos)
2022-08-23    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Second calendar year. Prefer to call it a retarded second year bird rather than and advanced first year. Seems to fringy compared to the other juveniles this year...


Herring Gull 4165    (1 photos)
2022-08-23    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Fourth calendar year. With the very adult-like bill I prefer to call this a retarded 4cy bird rather than a 3cy. Retarded because of the retained unmolted first year outer primaries.


Herring Gull 4227    (2 photos) Same bird: 1
2022-08-29    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Fifth calendar year. Male.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VKKA. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4262    (1 photos) Same bird: 1
2022-11-01    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Fifth calendar year. Male.
Banded with black text, V.KKA, on yellow band, right leg, metal band left leg.



Herring Gull 4212    (3 photos) Same bird: 1
2022-11-02    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Fifth calendar year. Male.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VKKA. Metal band on left leg.

Banded as 2cy male Kastrup Havn, Amager on 2019-01-25 (Kjeld Tommy Pedersen).


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4300    (1 photos)
2022-11-12    Dragør Havn, Denmark

Second calendar year.
A healthy individual with well-worn tertials.



Herring Gull 4394    (3 photos) Same bird: 67
2022-11-23    Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark

Adult. Ravelinen.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VCPN. Metal band on left leg.

I didn't pay attention to it when it flew, but it looks like a standard adult winter bird with streaking in the head and winter colored bill.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4417    (3 photos)
2022-11-29    Amager Strandpark, Denmark

Third calendar year. Ravelinen.

Banded with black text on yellow band on right leg: VLCP. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4406    (3 photos)
2022-11-29    Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark

First calendar year. Ravelinen.

Banded with black text on yellow band on right leg: VLEY. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4476    (1 photos)
2022-12-08    Søerne (København), Denmark

First calendar year.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VLEL. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4579    (3 photos) Same bird: 67
2022-12-15    Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark

Adult. Ravelinen.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VCPN. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4592    (2 photos)
2022-12-16    Søerne (København), Denmark

Adult.
Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VCRV. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4644    (1 photos) Same bird: 67
2022-12-18    Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark

Adult. Ravelinen.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VCPN. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4645    (1 photos)
2022-12-18    Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark

Second calendar year. Ravelinen.



Herring Gull 4646    (1 photos)
2022-12-18    Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark

Second calendar year. Ravelinen.



Herring Gull 4682    (2 photos) Same bird: 19
2022-12-21    Dragør Havn, Denmark

Third calendar year.
Banded with black text on blue on right leg: V6T1. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
Herring Gull 4656    (1 photos) Same bird: 67
2022-12-24    Christianshavns vold og voldgrav, Denmark

Adult. Ravelinen.

Banded with black text on yellow on right leg: VCPN. Metal band on left leg.


Banded Herring Gull
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