Irish Birding Sighting Record

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Sighting URL : https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/66713/Herring_Gull.html
Sighting Ref : IB66713
Sighting Date : 26 Mar 14
Common Name : Herring Gull
Scientific Name : Larus argentatus
Location : Portmagee
County : Kerry
Number Seen : 1
Principal Observer(s) : Patrick McDaid Not Specified
Reported By : Not Specified
Comments : 08:10-08:45. Seamus Enright obtained very good views and photos of Patrick McDaid's suspected Kumlien's/Thayer's-type gull and he established that the bird is definitely not a Thayer's, but rather an extremely faded/bleached or leucistic Herring Gull, presumably a small female on size.
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Photographer(s) : © Patrick McDaid