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An Arctic breeder but in smaller numbers than the other Arctic gulls, nesting in river deltas. It winters within the Arctic Circle, but vagrants are quite frequent, especially in Britain. Strangely, the majority are adults, sometimes in breeding plumage and occasionally in the summer months. At all ages birds are characterised by their wedge-shaped tails. |
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