Above: Juvenile in moult to 1st winter (Essex, 11 August 2012)

'Phone-binned' (using my BlackBerry and reserve pair of Opticron Alpin 10x40 binoculars) from the car in heat haze and a strong wind. Compare to this fully juvenile Caspian Gull photographed the same day.

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