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17-10-2009, 08:05 PM
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| | | mystery gull ID!
hey, now this is probably a really silly question but i don't know what kind of gull this is! i thought common but the pictures i saw didnt have the little black dot on the side of the head.... 
..so can anyone tell me what it is?
thank you! |
17-10-2009, 08:06 PM
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| | | Re: mystery gull ID!
Black-headed (winter plumage)  |
17-10-2009, 08:08 PM
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| | | Re: mystery gull ID!
It's a Black-headed Gull, adult in winter plumage |
17-10-2009, 08:12 PM
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| | | Re: mystery gull ID!
Hi.
Yes its a black headed, but look out for winter plumage mediteranean gulls in amongst black headed flocks like this one I saw the other day. 
They are similar.
Cheers David. |
17-10-2009, 08:13 PM
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| | | Re: mystery gull ID!
Definitely Black-headed Gull.
I'm not good at identifying gulls by any means. In fact I would say I'm rubbish but there is a colony of Black-headed Gulls on two of my local patches so I see them on a regular basis in both summer and winter plumage.
Last edited by Ollie; 17-10-2009 at 08:13 PM.
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17-10-2009, 08:18 PM
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| | | Re: mystery gull ID!
lol thanks everyone, i feel a bit stupid for not knowing that! but now i do  so is the only difffernce in winter plumage med and black the beak and leg colour and the dots a bit smudgier? blimey, easy to miss! |
17-10-2009, 08:21 PM
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| | | Re: mystery gull ID!
Hi.
Also the black wing tips on the black headed (bottom picture) and white wings of med gull. (top picture)   |
17-10-2009, 08:26 PM
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| | | Re: mystery gull ID!
oh yeah, i see that - thanks! |
17-10-2009, 08:36 PM
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| | | Re: mystery gull ID!
Don't worry. I've been birding 20 years on and off and i've only just started getting confident enough to start identifing gulls. And thats only when there close enough. I was close enough to these to get a picture. Then I sat in the car with a field guide just to confirm what I saw!!
Good luck, David. |
17-10-2009, 08:39 PM
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| | | Re: mystery gull ID!
haha that's made me feela little less stupid thank you! | | |
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