Kittiwake - Rissa tridactyla
Adults
Kittiwake - Adult (same bird above and below), Southend Pier, Essex November 2008
Note:
- All lemon yellow and slender tapering bill
- Short blackish legs
- Grey hind-neck extending to rear crown and neck sides
- Dark eye with diffuse grey surround
- Mid-dark grey upper parts
- Black tipped primaries showing along small white spots with the inner primary, probably P7 being grey with black uneven band.
Image below shows bird in a more profile stance demonstrating the primary extension as well as the extent of the black along the outer primary.
Kittiwake - Adult, Southend Pier, Essex January 2009
Note the elegant long pointed winged appearance, in flight Kittiwakes can be buoyant. Note especially the black dipped in ink wing tip pattern
Kittiwake - Adult, Isles of Scilly May 2006
Note the elegant long pointed winged appearance, in flight Kittiwakes can be buoyant. Note especially the black dipped in ink wing tip pattern.