Boring Boring Seagulls.

[htcdude]

If you don't manage to get a book, there's always tinternet:

Gulls

Gull Research Organisation

And the 5 common ones you could start with are:

Black-headed Gull
Common
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull

Have fun!

Nige

[Kayleigh]

Don't forget the plumage too as they look different at different times of the year

[leon_heller]

If you can persuade a breeding pair to take up residence, as I did, you can see lots of interesting behaviour:

Gulls nesting on my balcony again

[little_auk11]

Not the most highbrow suggestion but keep a look out for Herring gulls on grassy areas trying to intice worms to the surface. They do a little jig to mimic rain fall i believe and can look pretty hilarious. Plenty of dancing gull clips on youtube - always makes me giggle. I should grow up probably

[Shrike]

Had a good year for gulls this year , along with 5 commoners i've had Mediterannean , Glaucous , Iceland , caspian and yellow-legged gulls. Just need Ring-billed and the more obvious Little gull and i can put the Gull swatting to one side , unless a Thayers Gull turns up that would be fun.

[Deb London]

And all of these are on my desperate to see list. So you see, gulls are fun!

PS Were you with Mike when he got his Caspian/YLG? What was it? 3 hours looking through 6000 gulls?

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Shrike

Had a good year for gulls this year , along with 5 commoners i've had Mediterannean , Glaucous , Iceland , caspian and yellow-legged gulls. Just need Ring-billed and the more obvious Little gull and i can put the Gull swatting to one side , unless a Thayers Gull turns up that would be fun.

What about Kittiwake, Sabine's Gull , some of the near annual Yanks such as Laughing + a couple of others?

[Shrike]

Originally Posted by Deb London

And all of these are on my desperate to see list. So you see, gulls are fun!

PS Were you with Mike when he got his Caspian/YLG? What was it? 3 hours looking through 6000 gulls?

No i went the next day and there was only about 1000 gulls on the bank and most of them was close by the bank near the pub carpark so i got them fairly easilly in about half an hour
When i told Mike he called me a jammie so'n'so (wont use the actual expletive) Lol.

[nightshade]

And when you want a rest from the difficult stuff, just watch them flying,you
will be hard pushed to see such aerodynamic perfection. They used ground effect before we even had a name for it, and have a very economic high flying technique, extremely accomplished flyers and they enjoy it as well!

[Shrike]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

What about Kittiwake, Sabine's Gull , some of the near annual Yanks such as Laughing + a couple of others?

Yep them too Aeshna , the Gull-swatting notes will probably be best kept close to hand in actuality.
Have you ever seen a Thayers ? , i've heard they're a nightmare.