Mediterranean Gull, Southend Pier, Essex 11th January 2009
A typically attractive bird
2009 Photos
Mediterranean Gulls & Kittiwake
Caspian Gull
Glaucous Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Iceland Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Kittiwake
2nd winter Mediterranean Gull, Private Site, Essex 7th March 2009
Although this bird looks like an adult on the spread wing there was a dark line along P9 indicating this as a second-winter instead. Such birds illustrate the highly variable nature of the wing tip patterning.
Mediterranean Gulls, Private Site, Essex 11th April 2009
At least three pairs of adult Mediterranean Gulls were present, often showing very well; the above and below are a sample of the images taken.
adult Kittiwake, Southend Pier, Essex 11th January 2009
This smart bird lingered around the pier head for an hour.
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Mediterranean Gulls, Southend Seafront, Essex 9th August 2009
Of the count of 162 MedGulls in the morning at this site nearly half were juveniles, most now with replaced scapulars and wing coverts and well on their way to first-winter plumage.
Herring Gull (variants)
Ring-billed Gull