Baltic Gull?

First Eider of the year

Sea watch from 06.45-09.25 many thanks to AJG & MH for collating the numbers:
Brent Goose: 46 up
Teal: 1 up
Common Scoter: 56 up  12 down
Eider: 4 up
Red-breasted Merganser:18 up
Red-throated Diver: 350 up
Great-crested Grebe: 150+ around
Fulmar: 4up    3 down
Gannet 85 up
Fulmar 4 up
Oystercatcher: 3 up
Curlew: 2 up
Great Skua: 1 up
Glaucous Gull: 1 around
Little Gull: 2 up
Kittiwake: 321 up
Sandwich Tern: 1 up
Guillemot: 19 up
Razorbill: 1 up
Auk sp: 696 up

1w Glaucous Gull with colour ringed Herring Gull K7LT

After this mornings sea watch I wandered down to The Patch joining DW who was already there going through the Gulls. The Glaucous Gull and few colour ringed birds were present but not the huge numbers of birds that have been present through the cold spell. While scanning the boil DW noticed a very interesting Lesser Black-backed Gull sp. Trying to pick out an individual Gull over the boil is usually fairly difficult, but this bird was easy as it was so contrasting black and white, it helpfully flew alongside a Larus fuscus graellsii (Lesser Black-backed Gull) which highlighted the difference. I see no reason why it's not a Larus fuscus fuscus (Baltic Gull) all opinions welcome.
While I was at The Patch another 72 Red-throated Divers, 14 Common Scoter and a few each of Kittiwake, Gannet and Auks flew up channel.
A very short visit to the fishing boats in the rain this afternoon saw 3 Little Gulls moving up channel.