Hello,
I observed this gull the 7th February of 2018 on the beach of Calais in the north of France in the company of a Larus cachinnans.
I thought first of a Larus argentatus omissus but it has similar characteristics with Larus cachinnans ( the absence of streaks on the head, little eye, pale leg ). But It is smaller than the Larus cachinnans.
Maybe it's a hybrid cachinnans x argentatus or cachinnans x michahellis ?
Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the bird in flight.
Thank you in advance and excuse me because I don't speak English very well
Cordially Maxime
I observed this gull the 7th February of 2018 on the beach of Calais in the north of France in the company of a Larus cachinnans.
I thought first of a Larus argentatus omissus but it has similar characteristics with Larus cachinnans ( the absence of streaks on the head, little eye, pale leg ). But It is smaller than the Larus cachinnans.
Maybe it's a hybrid cachinnans x argentatus or cachinnans x michahellis ?
Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the bird in flight.
Thank you in advance and excuse me because I don't speak English very well
Cordially Maxime