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Juvenile black heade gull or not? - Belgium (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Wallander
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rollingthunder
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Although not a brilliant photo the juvenile plumage, to me, is a very attractive phase for Black-headed Gull with beautiful Ginger tones but it doesn’t last long.
Laurie -
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rollingthunder
Well-known member
I was out with (i thought) a relatively experienced birder on an RSPB reserve and he was watching a fresh juvenile BHG ‘spinning’ around on the water catching flies - he called me over to point out a ‘Phalarope’:eek!:
He had never bothered to look closely at breeding Black-headed Gulls:C
Laurie -
He had never bothered to look closely at breeding Black-headed Gulls:C
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Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
When is the photo from? BHGull chicks here are still well short of fledging - stumpy wings with little in the way of flight feather development yet. At least another week or two to go yet.
At a large colony in Yorkshire on 16th June, there were all ages from small downy chicks to flying ginger juveniles.
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Yep - that colony I went to y'day turns out to be a bit behind - went to another today which already had fledged young :t:
