Kelp Gull at WTP

["Mike Carter" <>]

Paul, you're gull might well have been a Kelp Gull but your description
doesn't prove it. At this time of the year Pacific Gulls moult their tails
so can and often do lack the normally diagnostic black subterminal band. You
need to note other characters such as width of white on trailing edge of
wing or/and bill structure and colouration to confirm the ID.

Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136