2cy Caspian Gulls
1: © Ruud Altenburg, 21-05-03. 2cy cachinnans. This bird was ringed as a pullus on 27-05-02 in Jankowice, Poland.
2: © Ruud Altenburg, 23-05-07.
3: © Ruud Altenburg, 23-05-07. Ring unfortunately not read but probably Polish.
4: © Ruud Altenburg, 23-05-07. A worn and bleached bird with adult-like upperparts.
5-6: © Ruud Altenburg, 23-05-07. Green 103P, ringed as pullus at Jankowice, Poland. Further details will be added when I receive them.
7: © Ruud Altenburg, 25-05-07.
8: © Ruud Altenburg, 25-05-07. Note the many new wing coverts and tertials.
9: © Ruud Altenburg, 25-05-07.
10: © Ruud Altenburg, 25-05-07.
11: © Ruud Altenburg, 25-05-07.
12: © Ruud Altenburg, 25-05-07. Kiev T00222x, ringed as a pullus in the Ukraine, probably in Kanivska GES.
13: © Ruud Altenburg, 25-05-07. Green 080P, ringed as pullus at Jankowice, Poland. Further details will be added when I receive them.
14: © Ruud Altenburg, 30-05-03. This bird already shows unmarked, adult-like wing coverts.