Gull enjoying an inflight breakfast

A gull inflight with its prey

comments (2)

WildFlower

Lion

There are a few similar species but I think this is most likely a nonbreeding adult herring gull.
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/spp_photos.aspx?spp=4&sppid=268&keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=488&width=875
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/spp_photos.aspx?spp=4&sppid=124&keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=488&width=875
Posted 10 years ago
1. pedalmasher
  
  Snow Leopard
  
  Thanks, there are so many similar species of gulls that sometimes it gets a bit confusing. Posted 10 years ago

The European herring gull

The European herring gull is a large gull, up to 66 cm long. One of the best-known of all gulls along the shores of Western Europe, it was once abundant. It breeds across Northern Europe, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and the Baltic states.

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Similar species: Shorebirds And Allies

Species identified by WildFlower

By pedalmasher

Uploaded Jan 1, 2015. Captured Nov 17, 2014 08:26.

Canon EOS 7D Mark II
f/5.6
1/1579s
ISO200
360mm