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What gull is this?

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  • 14-08-2010 11:24am
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    MB Lacey
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    Last week I took the ferry from Rosslare to Pembroke and managed to get some photos of Manx Shearwaters and Gannets from the ferry (which I've posted on my blog - if you want to see the photos click here).

    I have a photo of one gull I can't id - wondered if its as simple as a juv Greater Black backed gull - but I'm not sure.
    Anyone any idea?
    Photo too large to post - so attaching the link

    http://drimnaghbirdwatch.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/dsc_0082.jpg

    Thanks :)


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    Feargal as Luimneach
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    Fulmar, not actually a gull species at all.


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    LostCovey
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    Feargal as Luimneach wrote: »
    Fulmar, not actually a gull species at all.

    Agreed. The 'flying milk bottle' as some call it for its chunky body.

    More closely related to petrels and shearwaters - the 'tube-noses' - than to gulls as Feargal says.

    LostCovey


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    MB Lacey
    Registered Users Posts: 1,277 ✭✭✭MB Lacey


    Thanks very much Ferg and Lostcovey - I should really have got that..


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