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Left the freezing fog of Bucharest and arrived at Mamaia to be greeted by large gull flocks on the beaches. Great.
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This was the most interesting gull of the day, but unfortinately it was only seen briefly in flight.
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It appears from the plain and dark inner primaries to be a 'Lesser Black-backed Gull' subspecies! But appearances can be deceptive - many cachinnans have rather dark primaries and when the feathers are not spread at all, as here, any pale on the inner webs is not visible.
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