Possible Yellow-legged Gull at Watermead CP South?

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Hi all, I took these photos a few days at Watermead CP South, and had a nagging doubt about them ever since?
I feel the bird is probably a 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull, but I just wonder what other people think of the gull?
I look forward to your comments?
PS click on the photos to see a larger image!
PPS Thanks to Steve James for pointing this out but the Cormorant next to the probable Yellow-legged Gull is a ringed bird. So it might be "Jocky" the Cormorant ringed from Aberdeenshire, Scotland which has been present at this site for the last three years!!

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Steve Lister said…
The gull MIGHT be a Yellow-legged but the Cormorant is ringed - any details?
20 March 2011 at 10:08
davidearlgray said…
Sorry Steve it was too far away, but it does look like "Jocky" the bird which has been around for the last three winters!
20 March 2011 at 11:55
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