Herring gulls are large, noisy gulls found throughout the year around our coasts and inland around rubbish tips, fields, large reservoirs and lakes, especially during winter. Adults have light grey backs, white under parts, and black wing tips with white 'mirrors'. Their legs are pink, with webbed feet and they have heavy, slightly hooked bills marked with a red spot. Young birds are mottled brown. They have suffered moderate declines over the past 25 years and over half of their UK breeding population is confined to fewer than ten sites.
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Thursday 6 March 2014
Herring Gull [Larus argentatus]
Herring gulls are large, noisy gulls found throughout the year around our coasts and inland around rubbish tips, fields, large reservoirs and lakes, especially during winter. Adults have light grey backs, white under parts, and black wing tips with white 'mirrors'. Their legs are pink, with webbed feet and they have heavy, slightly hooked bills marked with a red spot. Young birds are mottled brown. They have suffered moderate declines over the past 25 years and over half of their UK breeding population is confined to fewer than ten sites.
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Great shots of this noisy character.
ReplyDeletePerfect pictures of herring gulls.
ReplyDeleteReally well done Bob.
Greetings Irma
Thank you Irma, you are so kind.
DeleteWow lovely sweet bird ! Here, we call him "Goéland argenté" , I love his pretty face and beautiful colors. Wonderful photos ! Thank you Bob ! Nice evening
ReplyDeleteSuperb set of images Bob, you caught it in it's quiet period!!...[;o)
ReplyDeleteCheers Trevor, yes, in a careful way, but........................
DeleteJe hebt er een prachtige serie van geschoten Bob.
ReplyDeleteThanks, a certain amount, lol.
DeleteGreat portraits! A lot bigger than the ring billed gulls we see around here.
ReplyDeleteCheers Karen.
Deletethey look so soft!
ReplyDeleteBob seems real. They are gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAndo slower. But I'm pulling another PC ;)
Good Thursdays.
a hug.
good shots
ReplyDeleteHI Bob Great close up shots of the Herring Gull. I see one of the Black headed Gulls tried to get into the shot!
ReplyDeleteHeel mooi gedaan Bob lieve groetjes Danielle
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Danielle.
Deletefantastisk Bob !
ReplyDeleteHola Bob,bellas imagenes.Un abrazo
ReplyDeleteCracking cool shots - so sharp, so clear - love the water drops.
ReplyDeletethey certainly do always seem to co-operate for a snapshot; these are great Bob
ReplyDeleteLieber Bob,
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der Silbermöwe. Überall gehen die Bestände
zurück. Oftmals ist es auch gewünscht.
Einen guten start ins Wochenende wünscht dir
Irmi
Love that red spot - and the plumage. You take such beautiful photos - thank you.
ReplyDeleteYep, you seem to be over this moon with my photos, I am touched, thanks.
DeletePretty gulls and lovely shots, Bob! I have to remember the name on this one, I believe we can see it here too.
ReplyDeleteWonderful birds to see Bob... big and very bold.
ReplyDeleteWe seem to have a healthy population on this side of the pond. For as noisy and messy as they are, they look so clean and neat in appearance.
ReplyDeletenice gull
ReplyDeleteThese are my favorite gulls,Bob!!I can see them in my area!
ReplyDeleteAmazing shots and captures!!
Dimi...
It is rare to find them, but, there is quite a lot around our rubbish dump, lol.
DeleteSuch lovely birds. So sad that they are experiencing delines...
ReplyDeleteYes, it is sad.
Deletej'aime bien l'avant dernier cliché
ReplyDeleteThese are so tack sharp Bob, I love seeing them on water too.
ReplyDeleteGreat and fantastic images.
ReplyDeleteExcellent work.
ReplyDeleteEspecially photo 4, 7 and 8, I think that's great.
Nice light and nice details.
By no means easy to give the white structure of the springs again but that's your very successful.