Gull at Sale Water Park. (1 Viewer)

alanp

Well-known member

• Jan 18, 2019

• #1

Hi I have just been looking through some photos from Dec 10th 2018 when I went to Sale Water Park to look for a Yellow Legged Gull reported there. The light was very poor and I have just found this this photo I took and wonder if the bird on the right is the Yellow Legged Gull. Its a poor photo but the wings look pale grey to me, but I am not good on gulls.

 

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KenM

Well-known member

• Jan 18, 2019

• #2

Looks good to me.

Cheers

 

Mark Lew1s

My real name is Mark Lewis

• Jan 18, 2019

• #3

It looks like a light mantled gull with yellow legs - but not sure you can rule out a 'yellow-legged herring gull' or a LBxHG hybrid from those pics.

 

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Welsh Peregrine

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• Jan 18, 2019

• #4

I'm getting more of a "Yellow-legged Herring" vibe thanks to posture (but its clearly in an awkward position) and apparently heavily streaked head. Primary pattern might help, but I can't remember the crucial facts off the top of my head.

 

KenM

Well-known member

• Jan 18, 2019

• #5

Fat Paul Scholes said:

It looks like a light mantled gull with yellow legs - but not sure you can rule out a 'yellow-legged herring gull' or a LBxHG hybrid from those pics.

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I’ve not had the pleasure of seeing a “yellow-legged” Herring Gull, presumably they are more likely of occurrence at a site that has reported a Yellow-legged Gull, when one has not been flagged previously as being present, thus might cause confusion. I suppose on probability, your theory would take serious consideration?

 

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Welsh Peregrine

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• Jan 18, 2019

• #6

I have seen yellow-legged Herring Gull in Finland; I'm certainly not sure of the identification based on this photo; perhaps one of the forum members may have seen the original bird and can confirm this is it? As for probabilities, Yellow-legged Gull is a difficult species to find in NW England, and Fenno-Scandian birds certainly make it here. All I am sure of, is that I would not "tick" this bird as Yellow-legged based SOLELY on this photo.