Agreed - but we can't clinch its ID on just its legs can we - although I suppose an aberrant bill is more likely than aberrantly long legs?Yeah, but what apart from Gullible Tern has such long legs? - they're certainly too long for any of the other regular European terns (Sarnie, Roseate, Common, Arctic)
Charles Harper said:Sorry, it doesn't quite look like a Gull-billed Tern to me. Gull-billed is a more robust bird, bill is shorter for its height and both mandibles are obviously convex: bill should look more like a gull's (!). We also should be able to see its 'knees'.
No idea what it is, though, the awful scruffy thing.
jonafly said:Hi,
Any help?
Billcolour, legcolour, bill-length..
André