Crossness 13/07/24

Arriving at 6 pm there had been no sign of the Franklin's Gull for at least an hour. Plenty of Black-headed Gulls on the river to search through though...

However, after half an hour the Franklin's flew in to start feeding in the outflow from the pumping station. It was no more than 20 metres away and often the closest gull. 

Described as a second summer individual it seemed to me to be probably first-summer, e.g. on account of the brown primary coverts noted in a brief flight view.

Franklin's Gull





Franklin's with juv Black-headed Gull

Franklin's Gull on the right 



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