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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lou salomon" data-source="post: 1286496" data-attributes="member: 16268">hej jan!gotland was fine. not so much birding with two little children but quite enough. the majority of baltic gulls seemd to have left the island, i saw rel. few of them and couldn't photograph them. the best think was a very nice terek sandpiper in best light and at close distance. learning it's call was also good.the young gull from post 552 is from the same place. it was pretty small!about half of the GBBGs present had a yellowish tingue on the legs! quite many of the herring gulls also, none with really bright yellow as in michahellis but it was after breeding time. no spotted cachi or micha. 3 x arctic skua etc...some gull pics from gotland:1-3. see wing pattern, structure, moult and bare part colours (especially strong pigmented iris!) in a herring gull from klintehamn4-5. juvenile (see tertial pattern) and ad HG at klintehamn harbour</blockquote>