Long, asymmetrical grey feather with a worn, dark grey tip. The base of the shaft is ivory with the rest a dark grey.

Long, pointed, asymmetrical brown grey feather with dark grey brown stripes. The base is pale and the tip is dark. The base of the shaft is ivory with the rest a grey brown.

Top feather: long, pointed, asymmetrical brown grey feather with dark grey brown stripes. The base is pale and the tip is dark. The base of the shaft is ivory with the rest a grey brown. Bottom feather: long, asymmetrical grey feather with a worn, dark grey tip. The base of the shaft is ivory with the rest a dark grey. The top feather is slightly longer than the bottom.

Great black backed gull and osprey primary feathers from the Bay yesterday. The last image is a size comparison between the 2.

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Photo of a large, dark-grey bodied gull with a white head and yellow bill sitting atop some lichen-dusted mini boulders, with a deep, light blue sky in the background.

A great black-backed gull, the largest gull in the world. It will even hunt puffins and swallow rabbits 🪶

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A pair of black-backed gulls on a hill above the sea. It is covered with low plants and orange flowers. The female gull looks grumpy, the male doubtful. Watercolor and ink in a sketchbook with brush and pen.

The bird of july was the great black-backed gull / Mantelmöwe for
@birdwhisperers.bsky.social

'A romantic place, flowers, what else does she want? A fish sandwich perhaps.'

#watercolorpainting
#inkdrawing
#sketchbook

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#art #artchallenges
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