nominate Lesser Black-backed Gull (L. f. fuscus)

(last update: 21-12-2009)

Larus fuscus fuscus 4cy J9LL August 05-07 2013, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Images: Herman Bouman.

A Norwegian 4cy Baltic Gull which has been ringed as pullus on July 20 2010 at Buøya, Nordhorsvær, Sømna, Nordland, Norway by Morten Helberg & Runar Omnø.

History:
CR-Code Black ring with white code: J9LL LBNW(J9LL);RBM
Ringing Centre Stavanger Museum (Norway) Ring number 4266389
Species Lesser Black-backed Gull (fuscus)  Larus fuscus fuscus
Sex Unknown Age Pullus

Bird much adult-like, except underwing pattern. Arrested moult at P2.

More information about migration strategies in Norwegian fuscus and the ringing programme in the three northern counties of Norway: Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, can be found here: The summary for juveniles can be found in the fuscus 1cy October section, the summary for adults can be found in the fuscus adult October section.
Morten Helberg, Geir Systad, Ingve Birkeland, Nils Lorentzen & Jan Bustnes published an article about this research in Ardea 97, 2009, titled: Migration patterns of adult and juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gulls Larus fuscus from northern Norway. The complete PDF can be found HERE.