Yellow-Legged Gull ~ Juv ~ Dungeness, Kent - 11.08.13

A day on Dungeness beach, near the fishing boats checking and photographing the gulls is always good, but it got much more interesting when a bird appeared and stood out from the crowd ...

Compared to the other gulls nearby it was a superb comparison to check its features against ...

Pale head & dark eye mask ..

Solid dark Tertials ..

Broad dark tail band ..

White upper tail & rump ..

Thick black bill ..

Dark outer Greater Coverts ..

Pale belly & undertail Coverts ..

Dark trailing edge to wing ..

Long wing projection ..

This bird shows no 2nd. generation scapulars yet ..

Such a stunning bird it got papped ...

Yellow-legged Gull ~ Juvenile

And a different Juvenile that kept it's distance ..

A Caspian Gull 

Fantastic afternoon's Gulling !!