ML294662751

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A nice juvenile spotted by Dan, watched at length both on the beach and in flight. Many photos. No sign of hybrid characters. A massive, very crisply marked gull. Quite pale on the head and chest, with crisp brown streaking there. Nicely checkered (brown and white) wing coverts. Huge black bill with a very slight hint of pink at the base. Tail base and rump white with small black marks. Tail with contrasting black terminal bar, wider towards the middle of the tail. None of the smudgy dark tail pattern of a Herring evident. Spread wing with only the slightest hint of paler inner primary patch.