Gull ID (UK) (1 Viewer)

[Roy C]

Could someone please ID this gull (Taken in April)

 

[PYRTLE]

Lesser Black backed Gull.

 

[Roy C]

Lesser Black backed Gull.

Thank you 'PYRTLE'. Is it second year bird or one with worn plumage or something else?

 

[Essex Tern]

Agree LBBG and I’d say it’s moulting into second summer plumage - but I am just starting out in the world of Gulls really.

...or 3CY which I think is same thing per http://www.gull-research.org/lbbg/3cyapril.html

 

[Julie50]

Hi all,

Can I check as I am learning too!

Is it second summer, and would that be 3cy?

If it is it does not have the white window on the end projection - is this because it is early in the year and it is still moulting?

 

[Essex Tern]

Hi all,

Can I check as I am learning too!

Is it second summer, and would that be 3cy?

If it is it does not have the white window on the end projection - is this because it is early in the year and it is still moulting?

I believe 2nd summer/3rd calendar year are interchangeable.

This link http://www.gull-research.org/lbbg/lbbg3cyd/3cyoctpic24.html shows an example, later in the year, with P10 starting to grow.

I am liking Gulls of the World, in conjunction with Gulls by Olsen/Larsson, together with the site kindly linked by HouseCrow in your other thread Julie: sometimes lots of pictures to show the great variation will be useful I think. This is going to be a long process to get right for me I think!

 

[Julie50]

I love the Olsen book you recommended