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Kittiwakes, Hollingowrth Lake, 14.04.05 (Simon Hitchen)
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Kittiwake, Hollingowrth Lake, 14.04.05 (Simon Hitchen)
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Kittiwake, Hollingworth Lake, 14.04.05 (Simon Hitchen)
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Kittiwake, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 04.04.05 (Rob Adderley)
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Kittiwakes, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.03.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Kittiwakes, Hollingworth Lake, 29.03.07 (Simon Hitchen)
2 adults and a single 1st summer bird |
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Kittiwake, Hollingworth Lake, 29.03.07 (Simon Hitchen)
the 1st summer bird with two 1st summer Black-headed Gulls for comparison |
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Kittiwakes, Hollingworth Lake, 29.03.07 (Simon Hitchen)
the open wings of the 1st summer bird |
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Kittiwakes, Hollingworth Lake, 29.03.07 (Simon Hitchen)
1st summer and adult together |
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Kittewake, Hollingworth Reservoir, 28.04.07 (Simon Hitchen)
an adult next to an adult Common Gull (right) |
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Kittiwake, Pennington Flash, 17.08.07 (John Tymon)
a juvenile |
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Kittiwake, Pennington Flash, 17.08.07 (John Tymon)
a juvenile with Black-headed Gull behind |
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Little Gull, Elton Reservoir, 31.08.03 (Adrian Dancy)
juvenile bird, conventional film image digitally scanned |
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Little Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 22.03.07 (Rob Adderley)
a 1st-summer bird |
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Little Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 16.04.07 (Rob Adderley)
an adult with Black-headed Gull (above) |
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Sabine's Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 14.09.06 (Rob Adderley)
adult bird taken in the roost, very late evening |
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Black-headed Gull, Pennington Flash, 04.05.07 (John Tymon)
a first-summer bird |
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Black-headed Gull, Pennington Flash, 25.08.07 (John Tymon)
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Black-headed Gull, Pennington Flash, 25.08.07 (John Tymon)
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Mediterranean Gull, Pennington Flash, 19.09.05 (Ian McKerchar)
1st winter bird with a metal ring on the right leg |
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Mediterranean Gull, Pennington Flash, 19.09.05 (Ian McKerchar)
1st winter bird with a metal ring on the right leg |
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Mediterranean Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 05.03.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Mediterranean Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 05.03.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Mediterranean Gull, Rumworth, 07.08.06 (Rob Adderley)
juvenile bird, probably locally bred (just outside the county!) |
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Mediterranean Gull, Rumworth, 07.08.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Mediterranean Gull, Audenshaw Reservoir, 08.12.06 (Tom McKinney)
bit of a record shot of a nice 1st winter in the roost |
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Mediterranean Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 16.12.06 (Rob Adderley)
same 1st winter bird as 8th December 06, in the roost |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 27.12.05 Ian McKerchar)
adult bird on the far bank of the resr in bright sunlight, hence the image quality but seeing YL Gulls out of the water in the county is rare |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 22.10.05 (Ian McKerchar)
adult bird with Lesser Black-backed Gulls |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 27.12.05 (Ian McKerchar)
adult now flown off the far bank but still in bright sunlight showing the charcteristic structure of the head shape and wing length with the dark mantle |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoir, 18.02.06 (Rob Adderley)
a 3rd winter bird, an unusual plumage to encounter in the county |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 18.02.06 (Rob Adderley)
a 3rd winter bird |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 07.09.06 (Ian McKerchar)
2nd winter bird, a very rare plumage to observe in the county |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Paek Reservoir, 07.09.06 (Ian McKerchar)
2nd winter bird again |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 07.09.06 (Ian McKerchar)
same 2nd winter bird |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 07.09.06 (Ian McKerchar)
3rd winter bird, looking very slightly Caspian like in these images, although field observations did not portray this |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 07.09.06 (Ian McKerchar)
same 3rd winter bird |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 01.10.06 (Rob Adderley)
adult still re-growing primaries |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 01.10.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 01.10.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 07.10.06 (Rob Adderley)
the same 3rd winter bird as at Heaton Park Reservoir 07.09.06 |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw, 14.11.06 (Tom McKinney)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 20.12.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 20.12.06 (Rob Adderley)
a nice open-winged shot for a change! |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.12.06 (Rob Adderley)
adult or 4th winter bird, although both can show such a small dark subterminal bill mark as this |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.12.06 (Rob Adderley)
with graellsii Lesser Black-backed Gulls |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.12.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.12.06 (Rob Adderley)
with graellsii Lesser Black-back's and argenteus Herring Gulls |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.12.06 (Rob Adderley)
a typically handsome bird, showing all the identification features you'd expect! |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 24.02.07 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 24.02.07 (Rob Adderley)
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Caspian Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 27.11.05 (Rob Adderley)
3rd winter bird and a long overdue first for the county, which visited Heaton Park Reservoir also during it's prolonged but erratic stay |
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Caspian Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 03.12.05 (Ian McKerchar)
same 3rd winter bird |
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Caspian Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 03.12.05 (Ian McKerchar)
a full discussion of this individual can be found on the 'articles and identification issues' pages |
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Caspian Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 03.12.05 (Ian McKerchar)
3rd winter with a 3rd winter argenteus Herring Gull |
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Caspian Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 03.12.05 (Ian McKerchar)
3rd winter with 3rd winter argenteus Herring Gull |
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Caspian Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 03.12.05 (Ian McKerchar)
3rd winter bird |
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Caspian Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 03.12.05 (Ian McKerchar)
3rd winter bird, here with argenteus Herring, graellsii Lesser Black-backed and Black-headed Gulls |
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Caspian Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 11.12.05 (Rob Adderley)
3rd winter, here with the wings open, which was the only shot obtained during it's stay |
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Caspian Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 11.12.05 (Rob Adderley)
3rd winter |
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Caspian Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 11.12.05 (Rob Adderley)
3rd winter |
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Caspian Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 30.01.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Caspian Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 30.01.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Caspian Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 30.01.06 (Rob Adderley)
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pennington Flash, 25.08.07 (John Tymon)
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pennington Flash, 25.08.07 (John Tymon)
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, Pennington Flash, 25.08.07 (John Tymon)
a first-winter bird |
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Glaucous Gull, Adswood Tip (John Rayner)
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Glaucous Gull, Pilsworth Tip, 29.01.05 (Rob Adderley)
1st winter |
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Glaucous Gull, Pilsworth Tip, 02.02.05 (Rob Adderley)
1st winter |
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Glaucous Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 19.02.05 (Ian McKerchar)
1st winter bird, typically very late into the roost hence the poor shot! |
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Glaucous Gull, Scotsmans Flash, 14.04.07 (Judith Smith)
a first-summer bird with Lesser Black-backed Gulls (and afew Herring Gulls), which stayed for afew hours |
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Glaucous Gull, Scotsmans Flash, 14.04.07 (Judith Smith)
1st summer bird, a fine find by Phil Lord |
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Iceland Gull, Chorlton Water Park, 1990 (Pete Berry)
in the days when Chorlton had a nearby refuse tip! (scanned image from a conventional film photograph) |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 22.01.05 (Ian McKerchar)
2nd winter bird |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir 22.01.05 (Ian McKerchar)
Same 2nd winter bird |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 22.01.05 (Ian McKerchar)
2nd winter bird, making it a double Iceland night! |
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Iceland Gull, Pilsworth Tip, 29.01.05 (Rob Adderley)
2nd winter |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 10.02.05 (Ian McKerchar)
3rd winter bird in the roost very late on, joining the 1st winter Glaucous already in on that night. |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 19.03.06 (Rob Adderley)
2nd winter |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 19.03.06 (Rob Adderley)
2nd winter |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 07.01.07 (Rob Adderley)
2nd winter in the roost, taken in poor evening light |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 07.01.07 (Rob Adderley)
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 28.01.07 (Rob Adderley)
one of the two (rather advanced) 2nd winter birds of late, this one being very obliging and resting out of the water reasonably close to the hide! |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 24.02.07 (Rob Adderley)
a first winter bird |
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 24.02.07 (Rob Adderley)
first-winter |
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Iceland Gull, Pennington Flash, 11.03.07 (John Tymon)
only a record shot but a site mega never the less, it has been almost 22 years since I have seen one here! This 2nd winter bird was probably one of three 2nd winters roosting in county gull roosts on this day! |
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Ring-billed Gull, Pennington Flash, January 1991 (Pete Berry)
a very confiding 1st winter which spent some time coming to bread in the car park (scanned image from a conventional film photograph) |
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Ring-billed Gull, Pennington Flash, January 1991 (Pete Berry)
(scanned image from a conventional film photograph) |
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Ring-billed Gull, Pennington Flash, January 1991 (Pete Berry)
proof that you should never ignore the gulls around the car park! (scanned image from a conventional film photograph) |
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Ring-billed Gull, Pennington Flash, 08.01.91 (John Tymon)
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Ring-billed Gull, Pennington Flash, 08.01.91 (John Tymon)
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Leucistic Herring Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 30.01.05 (Ian McKerchar)
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Leucistic Herring Gull, 30.01.05 (Ian McKerchar)
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Leucistic Herring Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 30.01.05 (Ian McKerchar)
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Leucistic Herring Gull, Heaton Park Reservior, 30.01.05 (Ian McKerchar)
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