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1cy Great Black-backed Gull? London UK (1 Viewer)
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Jan-Paul Charteris
Sussex birder and budding moth enthusiast
1cy Herring Gull
Laruslister
Well-known member
The body and face(what you can see of them) are brown on your bird,typical of herring gull,though particularly argentatus Herring Gulls sometimes show markedly white heads.
On GBB Gull most(but not all)are very white around the head and very quickly grow to the huge brute size of an adult(although,yet again,there are some small individuals).Time of the year is crucial,as nearly all will be in first winter plumage by now and few if any in juvenile plumage.
Stick with it,its easier than you think,and could be crucial if you're at all interested in finding rarer gulls.
On GBB Gull most(but not all)are very white around the head and very quickly grow to the huge brute size of an adult(although,yet again,there are some small individuals).Time of the year is crucial,as nearly all will be in first winter plumage by now and few if any in juvenile plumage.
Stick with it,its easier than you think,and could be crucial if you're at all interested in finding rarer gulls.
Thanks.
I think I'll stick to the adultsThe plumage looked closer to GBBG than HG on gull-research, but the bill looked too small, so I thought I'd upload to check
as LL says, stick with it. Since I got the helm guide Gulls of Europe etc, I have improved a lot, as far as gulls go anyway. I don't always get it right, but more often than a couple of years ago. I'm looking foward to the cold weather to observe gulls at the local dump, I've been told that up to 6 types of gull have been seen there in winter.
Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
Agreed.
Samuel Perfect
Well-known member
agree on 1st winter Herring Gull. The line of pearl-like spots on the trailing edge of the outer secondaries and inner primaries are interesting. Is this common?
Am I using the correct usage of the term "pearls" or is this only applicable when referring pale spots separated by the dark outer tips?
Am I using the correct usage of the term "pearls" or is this only applicable when referring pale spots separated by the dark outer tips?
