30 October 2009. Lots of gulls on the dike but as winter approaches the "Grey Plague" is upon us. Not just those pensioners with their dogs and Nordic Walking sticks but also the dominance of adult argenteus Herring Gulls in the gull groups. A few thousand gulls were present but very few with rings/colour-rings. Of those ringed nearly all were from The Netherlands/Belgium. Still managed to read the ring of an Danish Great Black-backed and see 9 Yellow-legged Gulls including the smallish individual below. Also a few group pics to give the not-so-regular visitor an idea what to expect at Westkapelle.
1cy Yellow-legged Gull. This individual is as slender-billed, long-winged and small-headed as the smallest of our female Lesser Black-backeds.
3cy argentatus Herring Gull, a typical individual for this age group, unfortunately unringed as usual.
regards, pim
