jpoyner said:I agree...all seems good for a YL Gull michahellis which is what I initially thought it was. (Very rare in Moray where it was photographed). But looking at the photos the head and bill seem a bit odd and like you say the leg colour too. I wondered if perhaps leg colour didn't develop so strong in injured or vagrant birds?
jpoyner said:It was suggested that it might be a hybrid...however it was with a second, almost identical bird which seems to make this theory unlikely I think. (Unfortunately we didn't get good photos of this bird).
logos said:
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The fact that the primary coverts are tipped white suggests that the bird cannot be a pale mantled lesser Black-back
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Michael Frankis said:Sorry, no idea if health can affect bare parts colour in gulls!