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Herring Gull Larus argentatus

First-winter, Warwickshire, September 2007


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First-winter Herring Gull, Warks, Sept 2007

© A. R. Dean

Note relatively short primary projection, and finely-patterned wing-coverts and tertials, which are all typical of first calendar-year Herring Gull. Fresh mantle and scapular feathers show internal spatulate and anchor marks, creating more delicate and somewhat barred pattern compared with juvenile.


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