A web site dedicated to gulls in North East Scotland and beyond
Monday, 7 March 2011
Extreme of Common Gull wing tip pattern
I had this bird with an extreme amount of white in the primaries (note especially P8) at the weekend. Great looking bird, but unfortunately I cant make it into anything but a canus.
Had one very similar to that at Marton Mere Blackpool a few weeks ago - cold spell - but unfortunately wsn't able to get any pics of it, very distinctive in flight through the bins though and no problem picking it out amongst masses of other gulls present at the time
I live close to the village of Newburgh in North-east Scotland. My local birding patch is the Ythan estuary and, especially in the winter months, Peterhead. Nowadays most of my birding time is spent gull watching.
This web site is really just a way to make my pictures useful in some way, rather than having them sitting unused on my computer. I hope you find them interesting, useful and stimulating. Most pictures are gulls, but there are some other birds dotted around - please browse through the older posts...
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Had one very similar to that at Marton Mere Blackpool a few weeks ago - cold spell - but unfortunately wsn't able to get any pics of it, very distinctive in flight through the bins though and no problem picking it out amongst masses of other gulls present at the time
Cheers
Dave
A really odd bird. I've never seen such a wing tip pattern.
Cristian
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