Turkey - February 2015

Hagia Sophia - Istanbul

Blue Mosque - Istanbul

Yellow-legged Gull - Medelhavstrut - Sárgalábú sirály (Larus michaellis)

Sandwitch Tern – Kentsk tärna – Kenti csér (Sterna sandvicensis)

Yellow-legged Gull - Medelhavstrut - Sárgalábú sirály (Larus michaellis)

Shag - Toppskarv – Üstökös kárókatona (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)

Great Cormorant - Storskarv – Nagy kárókatona (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Yelkouan Shearwater – Medelhavslira – Bukdosó vészmadár (Puffinus yelkouan)

Black-headed Gull - Skrattmås - Dankasirály (Larus ridibundus)

Mediterranean Gull – Svarthuvad mås - Szerecsensirály (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus)

Ankara

Rock Bunting – Klippsparv – Bajszos sármány (Emberiza cia)

Western Rock Nuthatch – Klippnötväcka – Szirti csuszka (Sitta neumayer)

Western Rock Nuthatch – Klippnötväcka – Szirti csuszka (Sitta neumayer)

Western Rock Nuthatch – Klippnötväcka – Szirti csuszka (Sitta neumayer)

Rock Dove - Tamduva - Parlagi galamb (Columba livia)

Corn Bunting - Kornsparv - Sordély (Emberiza calandra)

Calandra Lark - Kalanderlärka - Kalandrapacsirta (Melanocorypha calandra)

White-spectacled Bulbul - Levantbulbyl – Sárgafarú bülbül (Pycnonotus xanthopygos)

Cetti's Warbler - Cettisångare – Berki poszáta (Cettia cetti)

Crested Lark - Tofslärka – Búbos pacsirta (Glareida cristata)

Sardinian Warbler - Sammetshätta – Kucsmás poszáta (Sylvia melanocephala)

Collared Dove - Turkduva – Balkáni gerle (Streptopelia decaocto)

Collared Dove - Turkduva – Balkáni gerle (Streptopelia decaocto)

Laughing Dove - Palmduva – Pálmagerle (Streptopelia senegalensis)

Gulls in Stockholm

Today I went to Stockholm to watch Gulls. The main reason was that I wanted to see the 1cy Yellow-legged Gull that had been there for over one month. If I'm not mistaken, this was the second YLG ever seen in Stockholm.
Other Gulls there were lots of Herring Gulls and Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

                                                                                     Herring Gull - Gråtrut - Ezüstsirály (Larus argentatus)

                                            Herring Gull - Gråtrut - Ezüstsirály (Larus argentatus)

Herring Gull - Gråtrut - Ezüstsirály (Larus argentatus)

                                                                   Herring Gull - Gråtrut - Ezüstsirály (Larus argentatus)

Yellow-legged Gull - Medelhavstrut - Sárgalábú sirály (Larus michaellis)

Yellow-legged Gull - Medelhavstrut - Sárgalábú sirály (Larus michaellis)

Yellow-legged Gull - Medelhavstrut - Sárgalábú sirály (Larus michaellis)

                                                                                 Herring Gull - Gråtrut - Ezüstsirály (Larus argentatus)

                                                                                 Herring Gull - Gråtrut - Ezüstsirály (Larus argentatus)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - Silltrut - Heringsirály (Larus fuscus)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - Silltrut - Heringsirály (Larus fuscus)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - Silltrut - Heringsirály (Larus fuscus)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - Silltrut - Heringsirály (Larus fuscus)

Gulls in Hungary

These pictures are for documentation only :) I need help with identification of these Gulls i saw in Hungary. I can ID some of them, but I would like to hear a few comments.

1. Caspian Gull?

2. Yellow-legged Gull?

3. This must be a Caspian Gull

4. 1cy Yellow-legged Gull?

5. This bird is moulting around the beak, but I think it is a 2cy Caspian Gull (tibia, tertials, long wing etc)

5. The same as the one before, in flight

5. The same again

6. 1cy Yellow-legged Gull?

6. The same bird, underwing

7. Some gulls, propably Caspian Gulls.

8. Some more

9.

9. Underwing

9. wing and tail

10. It could possibly be the same as nr 9.

11. Yellow-legged Gull?