at an average age of four years.

Yellow-legged variety

At least in the south-west part of the Baltic Sea and surrounding areas, the European herring gull (L. argentatus) actually can be seen with yellow legs. They are not considered as a subspecies, since they regularly breed with grey/flesh-coloured legged herring gulls. The offspring may get yellow or normal-coloured legs. They can be confused with the yellow-legged gull (L. michahellis), which are more common in the Mediterranean area,

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