The north wind these past few days has brought some white gulls with it and these two, a Glaucous Gull and an Iceland gull, both juvenile/1st winter birds I believe were at Victoria Park, Arbroath at high tide today. Unfortunately it was late in the day but despite the light I got some photos due to their close proximity to the sea wall, the Glaucous especially was feeding almost on the beach in the surge of the waves. Another new lesson today, I was so busy trying to photograph the Glaucous that I didn't notice the Iceland close by until another birder pointed it out. Must scan all birds before wasting time on photos in the dark!!
Glaucous Gull, doesn't look the same as the previous one at Arbroath but it was seen in bright sunlight and this one near to dusk so it could be?
Iceland Gull, juvenile/1st winter
Both gulls close to each other, just shows how the viewfinder of a camera restricts the view when zoomed in on a bird
Quite a dark underside which was stained with the silt being churned up by the waves crashing on the beach
Not as close to the wave as this looks, the Glaucous Gull avoiding the wave breaking hard on the sand
