tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618742777232784260.post5284039086796340600..comments2023-08-29T05:43:24.028-07:00Comments on UK Gulls: Interesting hybrid causes confusion for the unwary...Andrew Kinghornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04098341343031091500noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618742777232784260.post-73099940414360471262012-04-14T09:38:26.237-07:002012-04-14T09:38:26.237-07:00The open wing shot on the link above gives a lot m...The open wing shot on the link above gives a lot more detail on the primary pattern. P5 has small dark markings on the inner and outer webs, no way near close to a nice solid bar as in the vast majority of michahellis. The only shot with a fair bit of leg seems to show a washed out yellowish.<br />I'm now wondering what a Herring x Yellow-legged Gull would look like. Would it be very similar to a LB-b x Herring hybrid, but presumably with some influence of mich. showing through (which this doesn't seem to have)? <br />Well done to Dave Johnson and Derek C for getting the photos.Mark Newsomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09885096478585084337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618742777232784260.post-43541453629020686272012-04-14T08:40:06.345-07:002012-04-14T08:40:06.345-07:00Cracking bird. What I think is weird is that you c...Cracking bird. What I think is weird is that you can tell just by looking at this bird that it isn't a Yellow-legged Gull. It's hard to explain but you can somehow see the LBBG influence. It's incredible how it looks (presumably with yellow-legs) like a Yellow-legged Gull but at the same time looks nothing like one! Am I right in thinking that the white tertial and secondary 'bar' on Yellow-legged Gull is generally not as broad or even as this as it tapers to the base of the wing?Zac Hinchcliffehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02577399980436969160noreply@blogger.com