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Herring Gull Larus argentatus

'First cycle' Herring Gull (centre) cf 'first cycle' LBB Gull (left), West Midlands, September 2024


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First cycle HG cf LBBG, West Midlands, Sept 2024

© A. R. Dean

Note more-strongly notched edges of tertials, extending right around fringes, more-variegated greater coverts and stronger bill of first cycle Herring Gull. Plumage pattern of upperparts of HG more-complex, with moult from juv to 1W feathers in progress.


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