... it was around 300m away when I picked it up as it flew over a snowy field along with several Common Gulls ...
... in the field just below the wood ...
... difficult to confirm ID and rule out a leucistic bird at that range but the size in comparison with the Common Gulls looked right ...
... luckily it kept landing in the same place and then flying around, now alone as the Common Gulls had departed ...
... so, over a couple of gates and across a muddy field and a few rather low quality bridge camera shots confirmed the ID ...
... it showed some conflicting features as regards age ... the eye looked pale suggesting 2ndW but the bill had a rather diffusely demarkated dark tip suggesting 1stW ...
... the tail looked too dark for 2ndW as did the scapulars ...
... after about 30 minutes it departed, presumably heading for roost ...
... a search of the fields to the west and Talkin Tarn failed to relocate it ...
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