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mew gull
bievreJJ

mew gull (larus canus)

they don't call them common gull anymore. Actually not at all common where we live, so I was really glad to seem many of them during these couple of days in Normandy.
Think this is a 2nd winter bird.
Habitat
coast
Location
Ver-sur-mer, Normandy, France
Date taken
19 October 2020
Scientific name
larus canus
Equipment used
canon EOS 90D + canon 400 mm
Such an attractive gull, JJ, and a wonderfully detailed study.
 
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A beauty of a detailed close up, pose, lighting and capture JJ, lovely job and many tfs.
 
A beautiful gull to capture JJ. Brilliant detail, colour and close up. A terrific shot and great to see, well done.
 
A handsome bird, and a beautiful capture JJ...They'll always be Common Gulls to me mate.
 
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I still think of them as "Common Gulls" (but then I think in feet and yards, though we went decimal here in 1966 ;)) Whatever you call them, I think they're an attractive species (more so than Black-headed). And this excellent image shows that perfectly: delicately proportioned and elegant, with the dark eye that gives them a more "gentle" expression than Herring Gull. Beautiful shot JJ.
 

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