Herring Gull ssp

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proldfield
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Herring Gull ssp

Post by proldfield » Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:17 am

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I was sent this photograph by Paul Holmes of an adult Herring Gull ssp taken at Felixstowe Ferry, Suffolk, England and we would both welcome comments on the racial identification. Especially mirror configuration to the primaries, eye colour and bill.

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Re: Herring Gull ssp

Post by marsmuusse » Thu Mar 27, 2014 10:28 pm

Hi Paul, any shots of the open wing? Or a shot of the preening bird where you can see if black on outerwebs of P8-P10 runs up to the primary coverts on these feathers?

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