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Herring Gull
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Taken at Troon on 14th January 2024 using Nikon D200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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| Taken at Musselburgh on 7th October 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Seahouses, Northumberland on 18th April 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Dunbar on 28th November 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Saltcoats on 4th July 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Belhaven Bay on 12th July 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Dunbar on 1st March 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Brodick, Arran on 26th April 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Troon on 12th August 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| 1st Cycle Taken at Musselburgh on 6th March 2025 using Nikon Coolpix P950 |
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| Taken at Irvine harbour on 7th January 2024 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| 1st Cycle Taken at Fairlie on 11th July 2021 using Nikon D500 with 600 mm zoom lens |
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| 2nd Cycle Taken at Stevenston on 13th March 2025 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens |
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| 2nd Cycle Taken at Musselburgh on 30th June 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens |
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| 2nd Cycle Taken at Saltcoats on 3rd June 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. |
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| Taken at Linlithgow on 5th March 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
4th Cycle Taken at Strathclyde Park on 8th January 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. |
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| Taken at Fisherrow on 29th January 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Hatchling Taken at Dunbar on 21st June 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. |
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| Taken at Mull Of Galloway on 31st May 2022 using Nikon D500 with 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Taken at Dunbar Harbour on 27th May 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. | |
| Lunch Taken at Port Seton on 2nd February 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. |
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| Herring Gull. |
| Species: Order: Family: Local Names: |
Larus
argentatus. Charadriiformes. Laridae. |
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Of Nest: Food: Plumage: Length: Wingspan: Eggs: |
On
the gound or on cliff edges when in a colony. Omnivores, feed on rubbish tips, take small prey, but have no preference for herrings, despite the name. Adults in breeding plumage have a grey back and upperwings and white head and underparts. The wingtips are black with white spots known as "mirrors". The bill is yellow with a red spot and there is a ring of bare yellow skin around the pale eye. The legs are normally pink at all ages but can be yellowish. Notes on Gull Identification 55 - 66 cms. 138 - 150 cms. 3 - 4 Dark blotched Olive. |
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