The bill suggests Iceland, but the overall bulk,, shape, and apparent total lack of gray on the primaries are more suggestive of Glaucous - both occur here. Both should also have pink legs, although that could be a trick of the light .......
D7000, 300 f/4 AF-S. 1.7TC, hand-held. ISO 1000, 1/1250, f/6.7. Small crop, selective sharpening on the bird, nr and Gaussian blur on the bg, which was the muddy river bank.
Young Glaucous Gulls should have bi-colored bills that are pink at the base with dark tips... Other than that I am not sure of anything...
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In addition to the bill color pointed out by Artie, it is evenly shaped without a stronger bulge at the end. This is better for Iceland. Glaucous also tends to show a proportionally smaller eye set farther forward, and less of a banded tail look. I like the pose a lot, but the grayish markings look a bit odd to me. I normally expect them to be more tan or brown, but then our Iceland/Kumlien's Gulls here in North America are all over the map in how they look.
The ID info drew me into this thread. Very interesting. Nice capture Richard. There is a large dark outline around the top of the head and other areas around the bird.
I agree with Artie and Paul, and a couple of gull experts I showed this too, and it's clearly an Iceland gull, although perhaps rather a chunky one at the instant I pressed the shutter. The leg color could be due to shadowing, or it could have been wading in the mud before it flew. Denise - I could only see the outline you mention by looking very carefully and with hindsight, but I agree - it's almost certainly where I blurred the bg but didn't quite get right up to the edge of the bird - I should stop being lazy and use Artie's masking techniques better! Thanks for the comments,
One thing to remember about gull size, general shape, and bill shape is that there can be significant differences between males and females. My guess is that this would be a male simply because it looks so big.