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Identity crisis

I am serially hopeless at pinpointing the identity of juvenile gulls, so if anybody can assist... I think this is a lesser black-backed, but it might equally be...
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I am serially hopeless at pinpointing the identity of juvenile gulls, so if anybody can assist... I think this is a lesser black-backed, but it might equally be a herring gull. I do know, however, that it was taken in Kelsey Park, Beckenham, UK, with a Nikkor 300mm f4.
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NIKON D800

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 500 Shutter 10/16000 Focal Length 3000/10

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Mar, 2017

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