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Common Gull Larus canus

Adult, winter plumage, West Midlands, November 2009


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Adult, winter plumage, WMids, Nov 2009

© A. R. Dean

Note combination of dark grey mantle, olive-yellow colour of bill and legs, and dark eye. Also prominent winter head streaking. Occasionally, such streaking is very intense and dark, creating suggestions of a dark hood. At longer range or in poor light such individuals can be confusing.


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