On
studying my photos from today of the Broadmarsh Iceland Gull it is clear that
it is different to the Camber Dock bird, though at first glance similar. There
is a difference in bill pattern, the Camber bird has a pale tip, and the eye
looks nothing but dark in any of my photos of the Broadmarsh bird, where as the
Camber bird’s eye though dark for a 3cy is pale/bicoloured. The Broadmarsh bird
doesn’t have any grey/un-patterned mantle/scaps feathers, the Camber bird does.
So the Broadmarsh bird is quite unlike the Camber 3cy in many ways but it is not
a brown coffee coloured, dark billed juvenile/2cy. So is the Broadmarsh bird a
faded, spring juv/2cy…?
Or should I just stop looking at Gulls?!?!
Comments welcome!
Or should I just stop looking at Gulls?!?!
Comments welcome!
Hi Richard, I have seen both birds and believe these to be different birds both 2nd winters.The shape of the black tip on the bill for starters plus the pointers you've mentioned above the scaps and mantle.All the 1st winters i've seen are brown/grey especially across the breast and underparts. Hope this helps Kevin
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