Herring Gull
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. Fact File
Taken at Seahouses, Northumberland on 18th April 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Dunbar on 28th November 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Saltcoats on 4th July 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Belhaven Bay on 12th July 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Dunbar on 1st March 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Brodick, Arran on 26th April 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Troon on 12th August 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

1st Cycle
Taken at  Musselburgh on 11th February 2024 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens
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Taken at Irvine harbour on 7th January 2024  using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

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  Musselburgh on 30th June 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens
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2nd Cycle
Taken at Stevenston on 20th January 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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3rd Cycle
Taken at Stevenston on 19th May 2019 using Nikon D500 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. Fact File


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. Fact File

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. Fact File

Taken at Dunbar Harbour on 27th May 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Lunch
Taken at Port Seton on 2nd February 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Herring Gull.
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Local Names:
Larus argentatus.
Charadriiformes.
Laridae.


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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 cm
138-150 cm
3 to 4 Dark blotched Olive

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