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This second summer Laughing Gull was found last night in Northern Ireland by a guy who was throwing out pizza crusts to the local gulls! Its the 6th Northern Ireland record and the last one was in 2002. Hopefully more photos will be posted on the blog in coming days http://nibirds.blogspot.com/

derek

"First-cycle birds are often the most difficult to identify with certainty. In December 2005, I had a discussion with Klaus Malling Olsen on this topic, and he provided the following helpful characters for a vagrant kumlieni in this plumage: - a distinct brown tinge on the outer webs of the outer pr...

What about this one then? http://www.pbase.com/derekcharles/image/92239403 Hello Jan, The apparent Kumliens like pattern of this bird was caused by a photographic effect. The bird was a standard Iceland Gull but in this one photo only it appears to have brown wash on the outer web of the outer prima...

Something a little different. I have been looking through old photos the past few nights with a view to posting a few on this forum. I seen this one and on closer inspection it appears to have very feint grey markings on the outer primaries. If these are real this is indicitive of Kumlieni influence...

Here are the first batch of 1stwinter YLG's from Fuerteventura. More to follow. In pic1133 the bottom left gull is a LBBG (if my memory serves me right!)

derek

Thanks Theo.
I struggled to age some birds, there was a much bigger variation than the Herring Gulls here in Ireland. What age do you reckon for this bird, no flight pictures sorry!

derek

Hi agree that Ruuds gull does look to have a past history with a Glaucous!

Here are a mixture of "presumed" hybrids all from Ireland.

derek

Hello guys, the first pics from my recent visit. A second winter and a presumed third winter although i am not 100% sure on the age of the third winter, could it be an advanced second winter? Bill, tertials and tail pattern suggests third winter to me. Also note the paler eyes on the second winter. ...

Hello guys, Had this very fresh presumed LBBG in Feurteventura, Canary Islands last week. Maybe a high northern breeder? Any way to tell if it is an intermedius? I had small numbers of both adult graellsi and intermedius and one possible adult Fuscus (beautiful, small, long winged bird) no ring howe...

This bird reminds me a little of this individual i seen last week. I had to do a quick double take!

Derek