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- Habitat
- Breeds in colonies beside fresh, brackish or salt water in swamps, reeds and other vegetation, often on islands, shingle-bars and sandspits. Outside breeding season both coastal and inland. Found on sandy and muddy shores and estuaries, and inland on farmland, playing-fields, reservoirs and gravel pits. As a vagrant in the United States often found with Bonaparte's Gulls or other gulls at loafing areas (Opus)
- Location
- London, UK (taken from window of 3rd floor flat)
- Date taken
- 31 January 2023
- Scientific name
- Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Equipment used
- Canon EOS 7D Mk II, Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM
- Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
- 1/2500th sec, f/5.6, ISO 640, exposure bias +1⅓ EV
