gull

Central Florida Vero Beach

Taken at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline at about 7m. Couldn't resist this brave gull hanging-around this close to people. He was vocalizing and flailing his neck around.

Western gull hangs out on the wharf in Santa Cruz as a couple of curious sea lions bob to the surface in the background of calm, blue Monterey Bay.

Tobermory (What's the story Balamory - for those of a certain age) - standing on a kind of pier, and loads of gulls about, and my friend noticed this. "Feeding" series no 5

I am part of a group that catches, ID's, colour-rings and releases gulls on a landfill in Essex. Last Saturday we caught a beautiful adult (probably quite old) Caspian gull. It beautifully illustrated all the classic ID features, and this head shot shows some of them. Orange orbital ring and...

...when the hormones start to rise. Two BH gulls doing a bit of posturing among the wader flock yesterday. Male on the left I'd say. There were at least six colour ringed Ringed plovers in the pack. Still trying to ID the specific scheme.

Spotted this in Dunmore East on the south coast if Ireland. Certainly doesn't look like an immature Herring/GBBG to me. Is it maybe an Iceland or Glaucous gull? Both of these species have been known to winter in Ireland. Any help ID'ing this would be great. Thanks a lot, C

Black Headed Gull and a Whiskered Tern crossing their flight paths !

This photo was taken in a fjord in Norway. Great Black-backed & Herring Gulls were present at the time. I suspect this is a Great Black-backed Gull. I would be grateful if the experts can help

Although I live in a province almost completely surrounded by the sea, I live about 30 km inland, so it's not all that usual to see a gull here. Every now and then though, I'll see a lone wanderer passing overhead. If I see one, I'll call it a "Jonathan" from a story I read once...

The background colors just made this photo pop!

This gull was leisurely taking his afternoon stroll at the reserve yesterday

Taken last week at Cleethorpes (heavy rain here at the moment)

Taken through the window onto the football pitches this morning