Caspian Gulls, Lithuania, 4-12 Sept 2009: adult birds

I visited Lithuania and Latvia in September 2009. I flew to Riga (Latvia) then drove across the border and into Lithuania, where I met up with Hannu Koskinen and Visa Rauste, fellow gull-enthusiasts from Finland. We spent most of our time in small harbours and piers along the Curonian Spit, a narrow strip of land that sits off the coast at Klaipeda. We also visited Klaipeda landfill site.

This post shows a selection of adult cachinnans from the trip; in my opinion these and the various immature birds posted below are all identifiable as cachinnans (though I stress that it is only an opinion). In another post I will add and discuss some of the more difficult and controversial birds we saw. My great thanks to Hannu and Visa for making the trip so enjoyable.