Hybrid or just a Herring Gull?

[PeteK]

Hi, this Gull was photo`d in Northern England recently.Please scroll down to post #2107 at http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php ... 97&page=85 , Its got perhaps some Casp like features( head, tertials etc) but also clearly Herring Gull type greater coverts, so could it be a hybrid or just a Herring Gull? Comments welcome,

cheers, Pete

[lou bertalan]

direct link to your post, pete (otherwise it depends on how many posts you have set on one page):

http://www.birdforum.net/showpost.php?p ... count=2107

[JanJ]

Hi Pete, Lou.

Looks good for Herring imo. Smallish looking eye and tertial pattern could indicate features of Caspian. More pic could perhaps indicate otherwise?

JanJ

[Theo Muusse]

And what about this one from today, Holland?

Theo

[JanJ]

Theo,
if this - (viewtopic.php?f=13&t=589) - by any chance is a pure Herring - so wold the subject one I guess

Jan

[lou bertalan]

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=589 for me is not a pure herring but rather a hybrid.
theo's gull is a pure herring for me.
the subject gull is a hybrid for me.

(this in short, without argumentation).

lou