Recently my birding continues to mainly revolve around redpolls and gulls, which probably isn't great for my sanity levels.

Mealy/Common Redpolls continue to show up on the Alders by our house in Dunfermline, a classic pale bird was with 10 or more Lesser Redpoll on 8th and then yesterday a not so obvious individual was seen but still appears to be within variation for a Common/Mealy:

At first I was put off by the subtle buff wash on the fore flanks on this bird but on doing a bit of research Mealies can have some buff here e.g. 1st winters. The bird always gave a large headed bull-necked impression.

Looks much better in this pic; pale supercilium contrasts with dark ear coverts, mantle cold toned, broad white greater covert bar. Although not visible in the pics the bird had obvious white tramlines to the centre of the mantle. Once again gives a bulky bull necked impression.

Again looks good with cold tones to head and mantle and broad white wingbar. Not as pale as the individual below  (picture taken on Jan 15th) but still a good one: 

A classic Lesser Redpoll for comparison; dinky looking with rusty brown tones to head and mantle.

Today..checked the gulls again at Angle Park (and found a way to view them on the nearby tip.) It would be great to find something nice and a easy like a Glauc or Iceland but despite the numbers of gulls present still no white-wingers. I did come across what looked to be the same adult or near adult gull I had in January which shows at least some features of Caspian. I got a better look at it today and some better images:

Spread wing shot a bit blurred but looks to have loads of grey eating into the black on the primaries

Hanging belly and vent, small head, darkish eye although not totally dark which would still be ok.

Bill was long and pale yellow with a greenish overtone. Legs do look a bit sturdy here and relatively bright pink?  

Still not sure what to make of it - a casp, a hybrid or just an unusual Herring (if that is the case presumably a Scandi Herring given the lack of black in the wing tips).