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Hi Nico,
Any chance of seeing a picture of this bird?
Geert

Hi Ronald,
Here are some photos of the Moscow michahellis, taken by Konstantin Kovalyov on March 1, 2007.
Geert

Dear all, Indeed, michahelliis breeds on the Crimea (would be good to ring THEM, of course) and the species is numerous along the whole Russian Black Sea coast in late summer and autumn. Where these birds come from is not entirely clear (Turkey? Romania? Mediterranean?), but ringed Greek birds have ...

Michahellis in Moscow? End of March? We should search an another interpretation. Well, the first michahellis for Moscow (a 1st winter) was actually in March, some years ago. But this bird doesn't feel like a michahellis to me at all. That's why I was thinking more towards a bird from a mixed colony...

Dear all, The other day I received some pics from several adult gulls, photographed on a pond in Moscow on March 31st, 2009 by Konstantin Markin. To me, they are yellow-legged Herrings, but one of them has an interesting primary pattern, with a nice and unexpected solid band on p5. Also interesting ...