Great pictures, Alan. Congrats!
Do you know gull research forum?
http://www.talk.gull-research.org/index.php
In my humble opinion, this forum is a proper place for your pics...
Hi Christian,
Have recently registered at the site, will perhaps post the albums there for wider viewing...
Alan.
Edit; Have just done so Christian...
thank you, lou
are h. heuglini and taimyrensis separable in this plumage?
Hi All,
I photographed this lonely gull in October close to Krasnoyarsk.
I beleive it's a heuglini/taimyrensis?
It appears to have quite a narrow tailband in comparison to Graellsii; is this a feature of 1st winter Heuglin's?
Cheers,
Andy.
Attached is a pic of an adult Yellow-legged Gull taken in Dartford today. Note how dark the eye is! At a distance, the eye looked black but as with typical Caspian, the iris was not black at close range. The black subterminal mark on P4 can be seen in the closed wing.
Pic also attached of a 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull.
Cheers,
Andy.
this is quite rare in mich! have you had a look on underwing? (i mean it looks like a good YLG otherwise)
nice 2nd winter. have you seen this incredibly advanced 2nd winter recently photogr. by jörgen bernsmo? if it is a 2nd winter/cycle
http://www.pbase.com/slisch/image/131973485
http://www.pbase.com/slisch/image/131973463
it has a p10 mirror, and so on...