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| Caspian gull - © John Tymon |
Another week at the Pennington Flash gull roost and not much has changed except that gull numbers have gone down considerably, especially the larger gulls. The Caspian gull is still around, seen on four out of seven nights and the Mediterranean gull was seen most nights. The Iceland gull has become very intermittent, only seen on three nights this week and even the yellow-legged gull has become unreliable and a bit more difficult.
When the Caspian gull does appear it can come in quite close and sometimes relatively early, as can be seen from John Tymons excellent photos here. Although at a distance its bill still seems quite dark, in fact at close range it now has a distinctly pink base.
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| Caspian gull - © John Tymon |
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| Caspian gull - © John Tymon |
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| Mediterranean gull |
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| Yellow-legged gull |
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| Argentatus herring gull with pale primaries |
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