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Hybrid or just a Herring Gull?
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:23 am
by 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
Re: Hybrid or just a Herring Gull?
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:09 am
by 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
Re: Hybrid or just a Herring Gull?
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:31 pm
by 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
Re: Hybrid or just a Herring Gull?
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:42 pm
by Theo Muusse
And what about this one from today, Holland?
Theo
Re: Hybrid or just a Herring Gull?
Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:47 pm
by 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
Re: Hybrid or just a Herring Gull?
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:38 am
by 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