Farmoor Roost

The Iceland Gull arrived earlier this evening and was much closer (by Farmoor roost standards at least). It’s one of those tricky individuals and assessing plumage detail in the failing light wasn’t easy. Assuming this is the same as last night’s very distant bird the apparent bi-coloured bill (actually quite a sharply defined dark tip) and pallid appearance actually suggest second winter, although the eye looked very dark as in juvenile/1st winter….

Also a single adult summer Mediterranean Gull