Second-winter, Nimmo's Pier, Galway, Ireland 22nd February 2009

Photographed with Canon 1D MkIII with Canon 500mm F4 Prime Lens

Aged as second-winter due to pale eye, bill colour, and pale grey saddle. very similar to 3rd-winter Iceland Gull though this bird still has dark feather shafts to the wing coverts and tertials. A few of the inner median coverts have been replaced pale grey. Note the small round head and delicate build of the bird. This bird was seen in January 2009 and identified as a Kumliens. Images of the bird then can be found on www.irishbirdimages.com which shows an obvious brownish wash to the primaries which has, by this time, all but disappeared.