The technique of diminishing repeats is a simple concept: Introduce a detailed subject in the foreground, and the viewer's eye will fill in the rest of the details where the same subject repeats in the receding background.
The first seagull is detailed enough to give you the subject. The hints at other gulls is indicated by bits of saved whites that suggest flapping wings. To have been more specific would have detracted from the "star" gull.
The actual beach was strewn with small rocks and pebbles. Simplifying and employing a light shape rather than all that texture helps keep the emphasis on the gull and the driftwood.
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