Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758

Chew Valley Lake © Nigel Milbourne 2012

Western Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus f. graellsii Brehm, A.E., 1857.

Common, passage migrant & summer visitor.

 

 

 

 

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Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus f. intermedius Schiøler, 1922.

Probable passage migrant.

  1. Adult female, 18th August 2022 (N.R. Milbourne). White N:CXA. A female that was ringed by the Luscinia Ringing Group on 6th October 2020 at Puerto de la Caleta de Velez, Velez-Malaga, Spain.

 

 

 

Baltic Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus f. fuscus Linnaeus, 1758.

Possible passage migrant.

 

 

 

 

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Last update: 8th December 2024