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Old 18-02-2007, 07:55 PM
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Re: Surreal Sunday on my wee Hebridean Island

As usual wonderful photos- a real joy. Little Gulls are quite distinctive with rounded almost paddle shaped wings which in adult are dark below- yours is adult in winter plumage- note the grey shawl around the neck + small dark bill too. They often feed by pecking at morsels on the water surface like the marsh terns.

We tend to see them on the London reservoirs April/May time + on return late summer- always lovely to watch + often appear with Black Terns.
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