I went for a walk this morning and saw a gull i don't recognise. It looked big at the side of blackheaded gulls and had similar black and white tail feathers to a herring gull, but It had darker wings with a small light or white coloured bar on them. It had a huge light peachy coloured beak and matching legs. I can't find anything similar anywhere and it's driving me mad!
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Gull I can't Identify... (1 Viewer)
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Nope, I don't think so. The colouration was similar to an adult, but more white prnonounced patterning in the tail feathers like a herring gull and it had a noticably bigger (and different coloured) beak. I have the camera so I'm going to see if it/they are there tomorrow morning.
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RafaelMatias
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Could it be a 1st winter Black-headed Gull?
http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/media/blogs/kuwait/BH-Gull3.jpg
http://www.hawar-islands.com/blog/media/blogs/kuwait/BH-Gull3.jpg
No, but I'm beginning to think it was some kind of mutant
. It looked just like a herring gull (a few negligable differences) but with a totally different looking beak.
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