March 25, 2005
20 March - Maughold
To cut a very long story short :
I was called early on sunday morning to be told there was an Iceland Gull at Maughold. I quickly got up there as I havent seen one in a few years.
When I got there I thought it looked more like a Glaucous Gull but I hadnt seen one of them for about 10 years so was a bit rusty :). After a few people had viewed it I was overuled and it was put down as an Iceland Gull. Mainly due to the long primary projection it had.
After viewing my photos at home I again wondered about it being a Glaucous Gull so emailed the finder. After 2days of too ing and froeing and some discussion on Birdforum.net everyone eventually agreed it was a 1st winter Glaucous Gull.
I managed to get some not bad flight shots of it when it was coming to investigate the finders sandwiches we threw into a field :)
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It was still there upto the 23rd when a visiting photographer also saw it.
Pete
http://www.manxbirdphotography.co.uk
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