So for Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme today of #Migratory here's my husband's photos of a #MediterraneanGull we saw at Burton Mere. They are apparently getting more common in the UK but we'd not seen one before. Originally from the Black Sea area. He was a long way away 😁.
A bright cold morning for a walk at #Musselburgh Lagoons. Good numbers of birds of 45 species. Pictured: male #Gadwall, #Goosander pair, a Roe Deer at the edge of one of the Old Scrapes & the #MediterraneanGull (r) that turned up just before I left. #birdwatching
So for Rob's #BirdOfTheDay of #WingsOpenNotFlying I've got a #MediterraneanGull (at Burton Mere) and a #Pigeon having a bath (taken through glass) terrible photos I know but trying to find photos I've not posted before 🤷☺️.
Good views of a #MediterraneanGull on Devon's, #TeignEstuary this afternoon. #DevonBirds #UKBirding #birds
Sketches of mediterranean gull characters. They are enjoying the sun with sunglasses and cocktail. The idea is to illustrate its wintering grounds—far from the cold of Northern Europe ❄️. So the bird is shown in its non-breeding plumage (yes, the black head is just for summer!)
Sketches of mediterranean gull characters. One is flying, an other one on the water and an other one is taking off its sunglasses.
Sketches of mediterranean gull characters. One has a breeding plumage and try to seduce a partner and the other one is looking at it's tags on its legs...
Sketches of the Mediterranean gull... I quite like the one sunbathing 😎
These humorous drawings are based on real biology!
#birdart #characterdesign #natureillustration #sketchbook #wildlifeart #MediterraneanGull #funnybirds #nonbreedingplumage
🌿 #SciArt 🐡 #FieldworkSketches
mediterranean gull, Larus megacephaluis
Mediterranean gull, larus melanocephalus, on the expansion towards north
#svarthuvadmås #mediterraneangull #larusmelanocephalus #schwartzkopfmöwe #birdphotography #trönningeängar #birdwatching #gull #mås
My second PhD chapter has been accepted for an oral presentation at the 15th EOU Congress in Bangor, Wales! I’ll be presenting my research on the Mediterranean Gull. Excited to discuss about this rather chaotic species! #EOU2025 #Ornithology #BirdMigration #MediterraneanGull #PhD #BirdResearch
Mediterranean Gulls are still quite unusual on my patch, Deeping Lakes, so this 2nd summer was a treat to find on Thursday morning. More on justwildimages.blogspot.com @lincsbirding.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social #MediterraneanGull #MedGull #PatchBirding, #UKBirding #BirdWatchingUK #BirdingLife
Never guaranteed around Xmas when the trawlers are all taking a time out, there were predictably no white-wingers at #Killybegs. A lone juv #IcelandGull was at #Enniskillen dump but it evaded the camera. This mint adult #MediterraneanGull however played ball in #Donegal town.
"Seal's eye" view of #MediterraneanGull at #StudlandBay South Beach. Visibility less good below where a Sea Bass posse was hunting Sea Smelt through the sea grass. Weird egg masses (?) have appeared on the Zostera. Saw spider crab but photo too bad even for me to share! #Dorset
