Mersey Birders
Birding the North West
1sts-2ndw Iceland Gull
1sts Iceland Gull Seaforth NR Merseyside 3rd June 2007
1sts Iceland Gull Seaforth NR Merseyside 3rd June 2007
2ndw Iceland Gull Moore NR Cheshire 23rd December 2008
This is an interesting bird with a Glaucous like appearance. pink based bill with black tip, the eye was actually bicoloured (hard to see in this picture), the mantle feathers are new, but not grey like normal 2ndw birds, but 1stw like, could catch out the unwary as a Juv Glaucous Gull.
2ndw Iceland Gull Moore NR Cheshire 23rd December 2008
2ndw Iceland Gull Moore NR Cheshire 23rd December 2008
2ndw Iceland Gull Moore NR Cheshire 23rd December 2008
Different bird to above showing more normal 2ndw features.
2ndw Iceland Gull Arpley Tip Cheshire 7th February 2009
2ndw Iceland Gull Arpley Tip Cheshire 7th February 2009
2ndw Iceland Gull Arpley Tip Cheshire 7th February 2009
2ndw Iceland Gull Richmond Bank Cheshire 21st February 2009