Caspian Gull

Caspian Gull, Broom GP, 28th December 2015

Caspian Gull

Juvenile > first-winter Caspian Gull, GLE, Broom GP, 17th September 2015

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Juvenile Caspian Gull, GLE, Broom GP, 18th August 2015.  A particularly dark and well marked bird.

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Caspian Gull, Stewartby Lake, 27th December 2014 by Martin Palmer

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Juvenile Caspian Gull, Broom GP, 18th August 2014.  The onlyCaspian Gull reported in Beds so far in 2014.

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Adult Caspian Gull, Broom GP, 20th October 2013

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Caspian Gull, Stewartby Lake, 27th January 2013

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Caspian Gull, first-winter, Stewartby Lake, 1st January 2013.  The first one in Beds for over a year.

Caspian Gull - Stewartby Lake

This video of one of the three Caspian Gulls in the Stewartby Lake roost this afternoon was taken at a range of about 300-400 yards using a Canon S95 compact camera attached to a Nikon S95 via an adaptor:

Video by Martin Green.

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Caspian Gull, Stewartby Lake, 15th November 2011 by Martin Palmer.  One of two adults present that evening.

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Adult Caspian Gull, Quest pit, 13th November 2011.  The lower shot, although poor, shows the wing-tip pattern typical of Caspian Gull, with broad white tips to P10 and P9, shafts of white (or 'tongues') in to the black, and a black band on P5.

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First-winter Second-winter Caspian Gull with adult Yellow-legged Gull, Stewartby Tip, 29th October 2011.  The yellow colour ring came back from originating from a Polish colony.

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Adult Caspian Gull, Kempston, 23rd July 2011.  Late summer is becoming an increasing good time to find this species in the county, mainly amongst the migrating flocks of Lesser Black-backs.

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2cy Caspian Gull, Stewartby Lake, 6th March 2011. More here.

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Adult Caspian Gull, Quest ClP, 6th November 2010.

2 Caspian Gulls

Two Caspian Gulls at Kempston this evening; An adult and a second-summer, amongst 40+ Yellow-legged Gulls. 28th July 2010

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Second-winter Caspian Gull, The Pillinge, MVCP, 21st Feb 2010. The same individual that was in the Stewartby roost on 24th Jan. A few more shots can be found on my blog here.

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2nd winter Caspian Gull, Stewartby Lake, 24th January 2010

Two Caspian Gulls

Two adult Caspian Gulls, Quest Pit, 15th November 2009. There are a few more shots of them here.

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First-winter Caspian Gull, Stewartby Lake, 8th November 2009 by Steve Blain.