How about a GULL thread ........ post your images

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The are interesting birds and there are many difffernt species and s species

How about starting a thread with images and a little info

This is a Kelp Gull, (Larus dominicanus), and is the Southern Hemisphere equivalent to our Black backed Gulls, in size between the two - and for this reason it is also known as the Southern Black Backed Gull

Try to include a little info if you can and the Latin name as this help to show the family link

It is an image I have posted before on here as it was taken a year ago

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Good idea Bill, as there are so many different types!

Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus Marinus)

Where to see them
Found around the coasts in the breeding season. At other times of year it can be found wherever gulls congregate - at reservoir roosts, rubbish tips inland, and bays and harbours.

When to see them
All year round - found inland most in winter.

What they eat
Omnivorous - shellfish, birds and carrion.

Black-Backed Gull - Record Shot by Wez Filtness, on Flickr
 
Black-Headed Gull, Winter Plumage (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

Where to see them
The commonest inland gull, particularly in N England, Scotland and Wales. Large colonies along the south and east coasts of England.

When to see them
All year round.

What they eat
Worms, insects, fish and carrion.

Black-Headed Gull in flight by Wez Filtness, on Flickr
 
Fulmar- Fulmarus glacialis or Northern Fulmar.
Fulmar.jpg
Technically this is not a gull but a Petrel.
One of the biggest mistakes made by people when seeing any big whitish or greyish bird is to say "it's a Seagull"
Read on, I think it is quite interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulmar
 
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I got these at the marsh in October and December
 
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Here's another Black Headed Gull, (Chroicocephalus ridibundus), obviously Breeding season - they really have chocolate brown heads

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-headed_gull

" As is the case with many gulls, it was previously placed in the genus Larus."

seen inland Lake Hampshire, UK

BH_Gull.jpg


and another - Black Headed Gull - Cark Park - Channel Port

BH_Gull_2.jpg
 
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BillN_33 said:
there are many difffernt species
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I didn't know that!!!

Harry's is really exotic… native to New Zealand! …
cool take Harry and great rendition!
 
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Sea Gull chasing its stomach and following the cross Channel ferry from Dover to Calais - August 2015.

(Apologies for the (lack of) quality..it was a quick iphone snap.

Gull 3.jpg
 
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Here's another

I hope that this is Larus argentatus, but I always get confused with this and Larus fuscus and Larus marinus ...... if you want the Latin

all I can say is that it was a big bugger

HG.jpg
 
I can never identify these things. Some have black heads (that are actually brown) but don't have them all year. Some have red bills, some yellow, some with a spot on them. Some have red legs some don't. You guys are pretty sharp when comes to sorting these things out. And I didn't know that a Fulmar was a Petrel, but now you say it, you can see it in the shape.
 
Yellow-legged Gull, (Larus michahellis) ?????????

but I'm not sure

Crete - October

Am_Gull.jpg




 
sounds a good idea to me .start off with a iceland gull from last year icelandic airlines.jpg
 
and another rarity from last year a american laughing gull at the mouth of the mersey who's laughing now.jpg
 
I believe you ......I copied and pasted thinking I had got the gull from Flickr ,realised when I so it was the grouse and quickly uploaded the gull from Pc
 
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