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First-winter Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans

First-winter Caspian Gull, 25th March, 2000

The clear dark and light bars of the greater and to, a lesser extent, median coverts are clearly visible as are the virtually all black tertials, with minimal white near the tip.

First-winter Caspian Gull, 25th March, 2000
First-winter Caspian Gull (centre), 6th February, 2000

Note, in particular, the long legs and the whiteness of the head relative to the first-winter (left) and second-winter (right) Herring Gulls.