Juvi Herring Gull on the beach (Larus argentatus)

Super Gull image Gophy, love the like colours in this shot, well done you.

Cracking shot...I like the markings on juvie gulls,and he looks to be enjoying the preen :t::t:

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Cora.

Hello gopish.

Your gull is actually a juvenile Ring-billed Gull moulting to first winter.

JanJ

Cracking Gull shot, Gopish. Sand as a BG always gets me high..

Thanks for the comments. And Jan, you may be right as I at first thought it to be ring billed but it seemed quite a bit larger than most ring-bills I have seen and the markings came most of the way around the back. In the books I have the ring billed has brownish markings on the side but the back is white or greyish white. That and the size led me to believe herring, but, I am not the best on gull ID, especially the juvi's so will defer to those better than I. Thanks for the tip.

Great shot GP, looks like it was very unconcerned about you being there.