Wednesday 18 December 2013

a repeat of two weeks ago. i was sitting in the car at west beach waiting for a decent gull to appear, there were lots of herring but nothing else, disappointingly no lbbg which wasn't giving me much hope, but then out of nowhere there was a white winger! in my head i'd already dismissed it before i got it in the scope. i've only seen a handful of juv iceland before but they've had the same 'pure' look, almost pinkish cream with white primaries. this bird looked dark, with a brown wash on the primaries and coarse markings on the gc's and tertials. i wondered if it might be a diddy nelsons gulls or some uber pale argie at first, but there was no denying that iceland jizz. i dont have enough experience on these gulls but i've seen photos of kumlien's with similar plumage, however after having a look on the net it seems most features point to this being a well marked iceland. it looked rubbish in flight, didn't stick out like a sore thumb like a white winger should.

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