This is the sixth of eight white-winged gulls found in the Hanstholm Harbour area in just one day, with six Kumlien's /Iceland Gull-types and one 2cy and one 3cy Glaucous Gull.
It has been identified as a Kumlien's Gull by people due to the faint dark pigmentation along the very tip of the outer primaries. Whether such pattern is considered sufficient to claim a Kumlien's in Europe I will leave unanswered for now; however, you can judge for yourself by having a look at these eight great photos of the same individual which can be recognised by its broken left wing p10: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight. It was seen for the first time on January 13 in Hanstholm Harbour by Henrik Haaning Nielsen and John Kyed.
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Fin serie av grønlandsmåka, vi har noen av disse her i Egersund også.
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