Friday, December 5, 2014

EUROPEAN HERRING GULL


443           EUROPEAN HERRING GULL          Larus argentatus

Britain          (14)

66 cm. One of best known gulls all along shores of western Europe; breeds n,w e and central Europe, Scandinavia and Baltic; some winter further south, some stay in British Isles, Iceland and North Sea. Abundant around inland rubbish dumps.

Herring Gull, juvenile






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