Saturday 11 February 2017

A series of shots taken of a second winter/third calendar year Caspian Gull on the Hayle estuary over the last couple days.

 Second winter/third calendar year Caspian Gull , Hayle estuary,thanks for the help and advice on clinching this birds identity.
 Was,nt sure about this birds identity until i saw  it in flight yesterday ,here it shows all the relevant features including a  small white mirror on p10 ,pale underwing with small dark spotting and a clean headed look with dark beady eye among other things.
 Not a very beaky looking Caspian ,but still a reasonably slim evenly paralleled bill.

 Note the neat hind neck streaking against the gleaming white head and the slim longish pale legs,although not the longest looking legged Caspian i,ve seen..

2 comments:

  1. Many thanks for your I.D of the Caspian Gull,I will pay closer attention next visit to Hayle.
    John.

    ReplyDelete