Help with gulls please / Iceland (1 Viewer)

Jose605

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• Sep 10, 2019

• #1

Can you please help me ID the following gulls.

I have a vague idea, but would like a positive identification.

Spotted today outside Reykjavík.

Thanks for the feedback!!

Jose

 

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Jean FRANCOIS

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• Sep 10, 2019

• #2

1- Lesser Black-backed Gull juv
2- Mew Gull ad
3-5 Glaucous Gull ad
4- Great Black-backed Gull juv
Jean

 

Jose605

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• Sep 10, 2019

• #3

Merci beaucoup, Jean François! :t:

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Sep 10, 2019

• #4

2: Common Gull Larus canus canus

Mew Gull Larus [canus] brachyrhynchus hasn't been recorded in Iceland.

 

Jose605

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• Sep 10, 2019

• #5

Will keep that in mind!

 

Jean FRANCOIS

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• Sep 10, 2019

• #6

Nutcracker said:

2: Common Gull Larus canus canus

Mew Gull Larus [canus] brachyrhynchus hasn't been recorded in Iceland.

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It was my English language that forked.
Jean

 

rollingthunder

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• Sep 11, 2019

• #7

And this time in English JF

Jose - a good pointer to GBGGull in all plumages, not just the proportions if you have a nearby species to compare and that monster driller, is the tertial ‘step’ (where the primaries end and the mantle begins) it is a feature that generally stands out on a stationary side-on bird:t:

Laurie -

 

Jose605

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• Sep 11, 2019

• #8

Thanks, Laurie. Useful stuff! :t: