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  1. lou salomon

    Gull ID Sussex

    Black marks to bill are not only immaturity signs but could result from the bird being slightly weak. They occure in healthy adult birds also. Upper mandible is slightly overgrown resulting in a slight 'hook' and less pronounvced gonys but I can't tell if the bird is a young or older adult.
  2. lou salomon

    Gull ID Sussex

    well, dark eyed HGs have occured before avian flu. That head gives a bit of a Vega Gull feeling with its dark eye, but with that primary pattern it is just impossible...
  3. lou salomon

    Gull ID Sussex

    I see no Caspian traits in this bird. Primary pattern is just perfect for HG, presumably a local argenteus. I don't know if you have heard about the apparent recent increase in dark eyed HG, @Southern Viking, it is said that avian flew could be responsible for this.
  4. lou salomon

    Tromso, Norway - juvenile gull - March 2024

    Great Black-backed Gull, but of course not juvenile since we're in may. The bird is almost one year old.
  5. lou salomon

    Brabant Netherlands - Honey-buzzard or ....?

    it's an adult female Sparrowhawk.
  6. lou salomon

    Gull ID - Ukraine

    5-7 is a 2cy (pure) cachinnans allright. 1-4 mostly looks like a Herring Gull but there are some indications that it has either a parent or a grandparent Caspian Gull: a few wing coverts are replaced to 2nd generation, inner primaries are not as pale as in most HG, lots of white on tail and...
  7. lou salomon

    another mixed gull

    It's a completely perfect Caspian Gull on everything Alex said above.
  8. lou salomon

    UK Gulls

    True, and it could just be a photographic effect. That's why I said it could be, not it is. Somehow mantle colour doesn't match the more blueish colour of YLG, imo, but that's also very subjective. More pics and especially flight pics would be needed to solve this. It is also true, that mantle...
  9. lou salomon

    UK Gulls

    Without an open wing we can't say much other than it looks a bit paler than the nearby graellsii. Could well be hybrid LBBG x ? (HG or YLG) on the apparently large white tertial and scapular crescents (a criteria of hybrids as per P. Adriaens, You are being redirected...)
  10. lou salomon

    Yellow legged Gull ?

    nearly 50% don't have a mirror.
  11. lou salomon

    uk Bunting ?

    nice pic of a Linnet.
  12. lou salomon

    Unknown raptor Les Alpilles (France, Mediterranean) on May 3th, 2024

    wing shape and posture of wings doesn't match Black Kite at all. It looks like a Honey Buzzard to me. Note it's a more or less front view and wings are foreshortened, still bulging secondaries, long bars in wings and small head seem to be present in this bird.
  13. lou salomon

    Brabant Netherlands - Tree or Meadow Pipit....?

    Clearly a Tree Pipit. Note that flank streaking is just below wings, strong bill and rel. short hind claw. You can also listen to the very different songs, e.g. on xeno-canto.org
  14. lou salomon

    Yellow legged Gull ?

    like Alexander said, the narrow tapering tail band is a feature in 1st cycle michahellis for separation from Herring or Caspian Gulls, note however that quite some baltic HG do have a narrow and contrasting tail band! These are both 2nd cycles (note grey mantle and scapulars) and both look good...
  15. lou salomon

    Hello friends,

    It is an adult Slender-billed Gull.
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