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Common Gull
Weasel1

Common Gull (Larus canus)

Photographed at Salthouse in Norfolk, my limited birding experience always leads me into thinking I have found a Ring-billed Gull but, on further inspection they always turn out to be Common.
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Habitat
Marshland
Location
Salthouse, Norfolk.
Scientific name
Larus canus
Equipment used
Canon
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Deb Burhinus
Great close up ! - note the indistinct banding on the bill - A RBG has a very black solid band wrapping around the whole bill, a pale iris and in winter, limited streaking to nape and top of crown.😉
 
Weasel1
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Thanks for the explanation, Deb...it's always the bill markings that gets me going first and I'll try and remember the pale iris.
 
Kits
A brilliantly detailed head shot, Andy.

(Thanks for putting me right on the shrew!)
 
Weasel1
Supporter
Thanks Kits and JP.

Thanks Kits re the Shrew but, I was second to the party on the identification but, always good to get a second confirmation.
 
delia todd
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That's a cracking close-up of this gull in his winter plumage Andy.

Excellent work lad - thanks for showing it to us.
 
Weasel1
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Thanks Delia...and you are spot on, it was photographed during the winter months.
 

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