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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lou salomon" data-source="post: 3151031" data-attributes="member: 16268">hi,i mostly agree with what harry said. it is indeed a herring gull. as for head striation: 1. there's hardly any adult YLG showing (strong) head striation at this time of year.2. if head striation streatches down to lower neck like here, it is no michahellis: YLG can have dense striation but it is mostly confined to head and then abruptly stops on neck.primary pattern is rather typical for nominate argentatus: much black on p10 but then a strong "step" leaving p9 with much less black and p5-8 having much less black than in YLG!- reduced black on p5 is really rare in YLG but occures in about 5% of caspian gulls.- yellow legs are rel. common in baltic (and russian) herring gulls. HG with yellow legs have been observed on western black sea coast during winter.congrats to a lifer - and it's not too long ago that argentatus was accepted as "new" species for turkey!</blockquote>