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Gull Family


Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)

Length 55-66cm

Often visiting seaside gardens for meat scraps, the herring gull can be a noisy visitor with its screeching call and it is rarely on its own. Will often gather on rooftops on the lookout for easy pickings.

Nest:-
Will nest on cliffs and ledges. Will even nest on window ledges, chimneys and rooftops.

Feeding:-
 Fish, shrimps, prawns and crabs, small mammals and birds. Often feeds on rubbish dumbs and scraps, especially meat and fish, from the garden.

Noisy gulls feeding on a lawn in Cornwall


Juvenile

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)

Length 38 cm

Although a seabird, like the Herring Gull the Black-headed gull has become an urban scavenger often nesting in towns and feeding at rubbish tips and sewage farms.

Nest:-
In colonies, a simple nest of grass, usually on the ground.

Feeding:-
Mainly on the ground on insects and worms, also scavenge on waste dumps. Will visit gardens for scraps.


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