Usual hunt today, searching for a Lap bunt on the mound, looking through the Teal for a Green-winged and searching the bushes for a Long-eared Owl. No joy so back to the Gulls. A second winter Iceland Gull appeared on the lake, it's over five weeks since we had a second winter bird and I'm not sure if it's the same or different yet, where has it been ? More interesting is what I think is a good candidate for a 1st winter 'Viking Gull', that is a hybrid Glaucous x Herring Gull.
Note the long primary projection and bi-coloured bill
Putative 'Viking Gull'. This bird was a whopper and bigger than the Herring Gulls. It reminded me of the adult Glauc we had the other week
It had the pink based, black tipped bill of a Glauc, quite pinky legs, paleish mantle, coverts and tertials but blackish primaries and tail band. If you took the head and stuck it on a pure Glauc, you wouldn't know the difference.
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