Gull in August, Elche, Spain (1 Viewer)

[njlarsen]

More precisely in Dolores, a village near El Hondo - El Fondo in the Elche region.

Most gulls at the field were Mediterranean, but is this one a young Slender-billed? It's the bird nearest to the Cattle egret which has a shallow angle of bill to front. I can see some arguments for it being another Med.
Niels

 

[Southern Viking]

It's definitely a Mediterranean

 

[THE_FERN]

A better candidate is to t the right of that but we can't see enough of it to be sure

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,

Yes do you have more pictures?

(But I suspect, that the bird facing towards us ends up as another Med Gull. Appearant large eye, like the bird had too little sleep, almost entire lack of black at the wingtip (yes, moult has to be considered) and the appearant shortish bill and the shape of the forehead seems better for a Med Gull imo).

Yes, I agree with The Fern, I need more pictures for confident ID too.