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Common Gull, Elton Reservoir, 02.09.10 (Dennis Atherton)
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Little Gull, Elton Reservoir, 11.06.09 (Paul Wilson)
1st summer bird |
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Little Gull, Elton Reservoir, 11.06.09 (Paul Wilson)
1st summer |
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Little Gull, Horrock's Flash, 14.08.10 (Judith Smith)
A second calender year bird |
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Little Gull, Pennington Flash, 19.08.10 (Jon Taverner)
Heavily moulting second calender year bird |
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Little Gull, Pennington Flash, 19.08.10 (Jon Taverner)
Heavily moulting second calender year bird |
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Little Gull, Pennington Flash, 20.08.10 (John Tymon)
Heavily moulting second calender year bird |
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Little Gull, Pennington Flash, 20.08.10 (John Tymon)
Heavily moulting second calender year bird |
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Little Gull, Pennington Flash, 20.08.10 (Jon Taverner)
Heavily moulting second calender year bird |
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Little Gull, Pennington Flash, 20.08.10 (Jon Taverner)
Heavily moulting second calender year bird |
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Little Gull, Pennington Flash, 22.08.10 (Jon Taverner)
Heavily moulting second calender year bird |
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Little Gull, Pennington Flash, 22.08.10 (Jon Tymon)
Heavily moulting second calender year bird with just the outer two primaries to be moulted now but still requiring a full set of secondaries and rectrices amongst others! |
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Black-headed Gull, Pennington Flash, 28.07.09 (John Tymon)
juvenile |
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Black-headed Gull, Pennington Flash, 28.07.09 (John Tymon)
juvenile |
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Black-headed Gull, Pennington Flash, 26.12.10 (Mike Baron)
Leucistic adult (at the rear) |
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Black-headed Gull, Pennington Flash, 26.12.10 (Mike Baron)
Leucistic adult (left) |
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Black-headed Gull, Pennington Flash, 26.12.10 (Mike Baron)
Leucistic adult |
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Black-headed Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 22.01.11 (Rob Adderley)
Leucistic adult with apparently all white primaries! |
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Mediterranean Gull, Haton Park Reservoir, 02.11.09 (Ian McKerchar)
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Mediterranean Gull, Haton Park Reservoir, 02.11.09 (Ian McKerchar)
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Mediterranean Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 14.02.10 (Rob Adderley)
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Mediterranean Gull, Audenshaw Reservoir, 21.02.10 (Rob Adderley)
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Mediterranean Gulls, Pennington Flash, 21.03.10 (John Tymon)
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Mediterranean Gulls, Pennington Flash, 21.03.10 (John Tymon)
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Mediterranean Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 08.03.11 (Rob Adderley)
Breeding plumaged adult |
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Caspian Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 22.11.09 (Rob Adderley)
A record shot. Despite not much being visible in this image the bird displayed a full suite of 'solid' adult Caspian features, including the underside of p10. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 21.09.09 (Rob Adderley)
with graellsii Lesser Black-backed Gull above |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 21.09.09 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 21.09.09 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 07.10.09 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 12.10.09 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 12.10.09 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Pennington Flash, 20.10.09 (John Tymon)
Note this individual's large size. The bird on the far right is a Great Black-backed Gull! |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Pennington Flash, 20.10.09 (John Tymon)
Although the lighting in this image is poor, the mantle colour of the Yellow-legged Gull is slap bang in between the Lesser Black-backed Gull and Black-headed Gull in hue. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Pennington Flash, 20.10.09 (John Tymon)
It's yellow legged are visible here and a complete black subterminal band on p5. Note the outer primaries are still in growth. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Pennington Flash, 20.10.09 (John Tymon)
Note the mantle tone to the other gulls. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 22.10.09 (Mark Rigby)
No mistaking those yellow-legs, though it should be borne in mind that Herring Gulls CAN show yellow legs! |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 22.10.09 (Mark Rigby)
Compare the mantle tone to the single argenteus Herring Gull asleep behind. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 22.10.09 (Mark Rigby)
Note the rather more 'pear' shaped head here, often referred to (mostly quite rightly) as a feature of Caspian Gull. This bird's bill is clearly large and thick with a very blunt tip and obvious goyns. Classic Yellow-legged Gull. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 22.10.09 (Mark Rigby)
The outer three primaries are still in growth but p5 has broad and complete black subterminal band. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 22.10.09 (Mark Rigby)
Despite still being in growth, p10 has a large and complete white tip to it. Note the birds broadness across the chest in this image and dark looking remiges when viewed from below. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 02.11.09 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 25.11.09 (Ian McKerchar)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 25.11.09 (Ian McKerchar)
A 2nd-winter bird, here flanked by two adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoir, 03.01.10 (Rob Adderley)
2nd winter |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Scotmans Flash, 11.01.10 (Rob Thorpe)
Mobile 'phone-scoped. Adult centre picture facing right. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Scotmans Flash, 11.01.10 (Rob Thorpe)
Mobile 'phone-scoped. Adult centre picture facing right. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 09.02.10 (Rob Adderley)
Adult |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 09.02.10 (Rob Adderley)
2nd winter bird just left of centre |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 14.02.10 (Rob Adderley)
2nd winter |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, January 2010 (Pete Berry)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoir, 22.02.10 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoir, 22.02.10 (Rob Adderley)
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 14.03.10 (Ian McKerchar)
2nd winter with head streaks |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 14.03.10 (Ian McKerchar)
same 2nd winter with head streaks |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 14.03.10 (Ian McKerchar)
more typical clean headed 2nd winter |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 14.03.10 (Ian McKerchar)
more typical clean headed 2nd winter |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 21.03.10 (Ian McKerchar)
First winter bird |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 21.03.10 (Ian McKerchar)
First winter bird |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 21.03.10 (Ian McKerchar)
First winter bird |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Pennington Flash, 07.09.10 (John Tymon)
Typical adult for this time of year with outer primaries still growing |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Pennington Flash, 07.09.10 (John Tymon)
Typical adult for this time of year with outer primaries still growing |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.09.10 (Rob Adderley)
Probably 4th calendar year. Single argenteus Herring Gull above and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls above that. |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.09.10 (Rob Adderley)
Probably 4th calendar year |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.09.10 (Rob Adderley)
Probably 4th calendar year. Flanked by two Lesser Black-backed Gulls and an adult Common Gull below |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 12.12.10 (Ian McKerchar)
Second winter (second calender year) bird |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 12.12.10 (Ian McKerchar)
Second winter (second calender year) bird |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 26.12.10 (Rob Adderley)
Adult portraying a perfect primary pattern and of course those undeniably yellow legs! |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 26.12.10 (Rob Adderley)
Far right with argentatus Herring Gulls |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 16.01.11 (Rob Adderley)
Adult nicely displaying the perfect outer primary pattern |
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Yellow-legged Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 16.01.11 (Rob Adderley)
Adult with adult Lesser Black-backed Gull (graellsii) |
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Herring Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, February 2010 (Pete Berry)
An absurdly long-billed adult argentatus |
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Herring Gull, Pennington Flash, 19.09.10 (Ian McKerchar)
First calendar year argentatus |
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Herring Gull, Pennington Flash, 19.09.10 (Ian McKerchar)
First calendar year argentatus |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 17.11.09 (Ian McKerchar)
A very dark mantled individual of the race 'intermedius'. Clearly as dark as a Great Black-backed Gull. |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 17.11.09 (Ian McKerchar)
The mantle shade of the intermedius on the left can be compared with the graellsii Lesser Black-backed Gull on the right |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 17.11.09 (Ian McKerchar)
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Kittiwake, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 24.02.11 (Rob Adderley)
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Iceland Gull, Heaton Park Reservoir, 05.12.09 (Rob Adderley)
1st or 2nd winter, showed some characteristics of Kumlien's Gull |
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Iceland Gull, Hollingworth Lake, 12.12.09 (Rob Adderley)
A 2nd winter bird unfortunately taken looking into the sun! |
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Iceland Gull, Pennington Flash, 06.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)
An intruging bird showing apparent charcteristics of Kumlien's Gull, probably a second-winter. There seems to be a greyish-brown wash on the outer primaries (atleast) with paler (whitish) edges visible on this image. |
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Iceland Gull, Pennington Flash, 06.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)
An intruging bird showing apparent charcteristics of Kumlien's Gull, probably a second-winter. There seems to be a greyish-brown wash on the outer primaries (atleast) with paler (whitish) edges visible on this image. |
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Iceland Gull, Pennington Flash, 06.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)
An intruging bird showing apparent charcteristics of Kumlien's Gull, probably a second-winter. There seems to be a greyish-brown wash on the outer primaries (atleast) with paler (whitish) edges visible on this image. |
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Iceland Gull, Pennington Flash, 06.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)
An intruging bird showing apparent charcteristics of Kumlien's Gull, probably a second-winter. The effects of lighting etc cannot be underestimated and can cloud our judgement rather when assessing this bird from the images. |
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Iceland Gull, Pennington Flash, 06.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)
An intruging bird showing apparent charcteristics of Kumlien's Gull, probably a second-winter. In this image the outer webs of gthe primaries appear to have a brownish wash over them but terminally they look pale, though the latter is difficult to judge from the image. |
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Iceland Gull, Pennington Flash, 06.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)
An intruging bird showing apparent charcteristics of Kumlien's Gull, probably a second-winter. A nice shot though not particularly educationally unproductive! |
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Iceland Gull, Pennington Flash, 06.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)
An intruging bird showing apparent charcteristics of Kumlien's Gull, probably a second-winter. |
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Iceland Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 26.01.10 (Mark Rigby)
2nd winter |
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Iceland Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 26.01.10 (Mark Rigby)
2nd winter |
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Iceland Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 26.01.10 (Mark Rigby)
2nd winter |
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Iceland Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 17.02.11 (Mark Rigby)
Second winter |
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Iceland Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 24.02.11 (Rob Adderley)
Third winter (4th calender year) bird |
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Iceland Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 24.02.11 (Rob Adderley)
Third winter (4th calender year) bird |
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Iceland Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 02.03.11 (Roy Travis)
Third winter |
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Iceland Gull, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 02.03.11 (Roy Travis)
Third winter |
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Iceland Gull, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 05.03.11 (Mark Rigby)
Third winter bird (4th calender year) |
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