gull scotland (1 Viewer)

kawwauser

Well-known member

• Mar 16, 2020

• #1

checking if the lesser black backed gulls were back yet and took some distant pics ,never noticed the bird until I checked the pics,i first thought common gull but there is a common gull in the pic and it is much larger,taken today at riverside nature park dundee

 

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Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Mar 17, 2020

• #2

I'd say impossible from what's visible here!

 

lou salomon

the birdonist

• Mar 17, 2020

• #3

well, it certainly gives the impression of a common gull.

 

Stonefaction

Dundee Birding....(target 150 in 2024).

• Mar 17, 2020

• #4

I thought it was a Common Gull when I saw the photo and Common Gull is definitely the most likely option at the park given what can be seen of the bird. I think the slightly different posture is making it appear slightly smaller than the Common Gull that is fully visible and the resolution of the camera is giving a "solid" look to the head markings making it appear more 'odd' than it would have done at the time. I'd be surprised if it was anything other than a Common Gull.

 

RafaelMatias

Unknown member

• Mar 17, 2020

• #5

lou salomon said:

well, it certainly gives the impression of a common gull.

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Same here. I wonder if it could be a female (smaller) and the bird on the back a male (larger), but perhaps the difference in size is due (or exacerbated) to optical illusion and different posture.

 

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LowellMills

Is this your Sanderling?

• Mar 17, 2020

• #6

Apart from apparent size (deceptive in many such photos) it nicely matches the common gull elsewhere in the pic which is useful for judging the shade of grey in (the photo's capture of) the light conditions. Common gull for me.

 

kawwauser

Well-known member

• Mar 18, 2020

• #7

cheers for all the replys,common gull it is