Cold Edge

Goosander. The white markings above and below the eye age this bird as 1st calendar year (1cy)

1 of 4 Goldfinch

Some of about 270 Starlings. The top left 3 birds are adults, but most of the rest are 1cy, with pale head and neck. The pale underwing can be seen on some birds

1cy Lesser Black-backed Gull. It has the typical dark outer greater coverts, but the tertials are unusual. Normally LBB tertials have a dark centre surrounded by a pale fringe, with a straight (mostly) line separating them, and sometimes the fringe is thicker at the tip: here the proximal two thirds are typical, but the distal third is white with a dark transverse bar