Matt Griffiths
ad. ♂ Blackcap
Hello all,
On Thursday I came across a large first-winter gull at my local lakes, which first caught my eye when I noticed the strikingly white uppertail and rump with just a small number of black markings on. Other features as well suggested to me that it might be a Yellow-legged Gull, but as I'm not fully confident with gull ID I'd very much appreciate others' thoughts please.
Photos below, including videograbs from these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUouqnhJkQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42k-5raePrQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcBxG2uu-EA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhzyJiNBlRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf7lFsnC7yk
Kind regards,
Matt
On Thursday I came across a large first-winter gull at my local lakes, which first caught my eye when I noticed the strikingly white uppertail and rump with just a small number of black markings on. Other features as well suggested to me that it might be a Yellow-legged Gull, but as I'm not fully confident with gull ID I'd very much appreciate others' thoughts please.
Photos below, including videograbs from these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUouqnhJkQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42k-5raePrQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcBxG2uu-EA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhzyJiNBlRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf7lFsnC7yk
Kind regards,
Matt