Another superb weekend of gulling. All day Saturday and all day Sunday at Peterhead and Fraserburgh produced 19 white winged gulls - 8 Glaucous, 10 Iceland and a new Kumlien's. The total is remarkably similar to the number of loaves of bread used getting these photos...
A melee
3w Kumlien's, found by Paul Baxter and myself on saturday. A real beauty
The pattern is beginning to 'ghost' that shown by ads, with a large mirror on p10
The kumlien's was supported by a cast of Iceland and Glaucous, including this lovely ad Iceland
ad Iceland
ad Iceland
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3w Iceland
2w Iceland - a darkish bird with some stippling in primaries
2w Iceland - the same bird as above. Although stippled, the pattern of pale and dark in the primaries is all wrong for kum's.
another 2w Iceland
a different dark Iceland - this one from peterhead. Again, though dark, the pattern in the primaries is not correct for identifiable kums.
Thes same dark 2w from Peterhead
A pale 2w Iceland
1w Iceland. The paler of the two 1w birds present at Peterhead
1w Glaucous - this one has been around for a week
2w Glaucous - another bird that has been around for a while
2 w Glaucous - the same bird as above.
3w Kumlien's, found by Paul Baxter and myself on saturday. A real beauty
The pattern is beginning to 'ghost' that shown by ads, with a large mirror on p10
The kumlien's was supported by a cast of Iceland and Glaucous, including this lovely ad Iceland
ad Iceland
ad Iceland
ad Iceland
3w Iceland
2w Iceland - a darkish bird with some stippling in primaries
2w Iceland - the same bird as above. Although stippled, the pattern of pale and dark in the primaries is all wrong for kum's.
another 2w Iceland
a different dark Iceland - this one from peterhead. Again, though dark, the pattern in the primaries is not correct for identifiable kums.
Thes same dark 2w from Peterhead
A pale 2w Iceland
1w Iceland. The paler of the two 1w birds present at Peterhead
1w Glaucous - this one has been around for a week
2w Glaucous - another bird that has been around for a while
2 w Glaucous - the same bird as above.
2 comments:
Fabulous light on some great birds - safe to say you've got gull photography down a fine art! That dark-looking 2w would certainly have got my attention. We've had a very pale 2w down here recently with almost wholly white wings.
PS. Many thanks for the contents of my parcel - very much appreciated :)
Hi Baz. Ggreat - glad the parcel arrived! All tripe, but at least the pics are good:)
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