small gull in Oman (1 Viewer)

[Clibanarii]

Hello this is small gull was pictured in February in Muscat Oman
Thank you in advance

 

[Butty]

Any more photos, even very (very) bad ones?

 

[01101001]

Hello this is small gull was pictured in February in Muscat Oman
Thank you in advance

I feel you: my camera does the same thing at times.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,
I hope for more pictures too.
But first gut feeling was of a Marsh Tern. Yes, I trust observers opinion much more than pictures, but with such a pale impression and by the appearant shape of the black face mask, more pictures could well make this a White winged Tern?

 

[THE_FERN]

First impression was little gull (if occurs)

 

[Clibanarii]

Little Gull doesn't occur; I think the best guess so far is White Winged Tern which is also a rare occurrence;
Flight was also softer, more tern-like. Exact location was a sewage treatment plant (al Ansab wetlands)

thanks both
additional photos attached

 

[lou salomon]

Those dark remiges in pic WWT(1) are intriguing, not shown by a White-winged Tern at any age, but in 2nd cycle Little Gull. I still wonder if that could just be a photographic trick since in all the other pics it looks better for a Marsh Tern. Why should Little Gull occasionally not occure in Muskat? And Little Gulls are commonly mistaken for Terns due to their erratic flight over water bodies.