Other points I'd noticed were the slightly shorter, thicker bill. Instead of slightly tapering over its whole length, it only starts to curve over the gonydeal angle, which appears somewhat larger than in the other Silver Gull photos I have.
An excellent paper on the subject of Silver Gull wing patterns, distributions and movements can be found here (Johnstone, 1982).
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