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I think one is a Yellow legged Gull and the other a Herring Gull

Can you confirm please

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WHERE WAS THESE PHOTOS TAKEN ABOUT, and Do you have legs and wing tips in the pictures?
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WHERE WAS THESE PHOTOS TAKEN ABOUT, and Do you have legs and wing tips in the pictures?
Isle of May fife June this year...will check my photos for legs or wings Mike
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Sorry Mike only the following two which may noy help!!

Isle of May June 2010
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There are no Yellow Legged Gulls on the May, I think to date there has only been a hand full of records of y.l.g. accepted in Scoland. In 35 years I have only seen one.
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There are no Yellow Legged Gulls on the May, I think to date there has only been a hand full of records of y.l.g. accepted in Scoland. In 35 years I have only seen one.
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The bird in the top picture is a Lesser Black-backed Gull

cheers, John

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I think one is a Yellow legged Gull and the other a Herring Gull

Can you confirm please

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The bird in the top picture is a Lesser Black-backed Gull

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THanks so Much John

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