I have prattled on in a little more detail in my own personal blog, but wanted to share some pics of some of the gulls out on the Flats that are back from breeding grounds.
I always love looking at juvenile Black-headed Gulls when they are fresh on the Patch:
I almost managed to miss this juvenile Mediterranean Gull in with about a hundred Black-headed Gull:
There is also something smart about juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gulls - perhaps it is the fine pale band around the tertials:
