Glaucous Gull montage. 2cy left, 3cy right

The 3cy Glauc at Waxham may be a returning bird with a particularly knobbly right "knee". Photographed as a 2cy last winter by @patrickgoffin1965.bsky.social and as a 3cy today by @pterodroma.bsky.social #norfolkbirding #lovegulls

2cy Caspian Gull (left) in a hole with Herring Gulls

2cy Caspian Gull in flight showing a glimpse of an unread yellow ring, presumably making it Polish

2cy gulls with very pale primaries and plumage in general, probably a hybrid Glaucous x Herring Gull

Back to the gull field north of Shrewsbury this morning where a new 2cy #CaspianGull didn't show me its yellow ring until it flew off, and the Viking was back again #lovegulls #shropshirebirding

Anyone comment on these gulls at Pyewipe yesterday? Gull on left appeared to have yellowish legs in scope views, not so obvious in pics. Bird on right has pink legs seems heavier and shorter. Just herrings? #lovegulls @saloplarus.bsky.social @lincsbirding.bsky.social @lincswildlife.bsky.social

Hi Tom. Saw this one(?) there on 2nd. Also poss. Caspian bit further down on the grass field beyond Continental. It flew before we got better pics. Wondered what you think? #lovegulls #lincsbirding

4 adult Herring Gulls on a roof

3 Herring Gulls and a presumed hybrid on a roof

Shades of grey on a Pyewipe fish factory roof today: some stunning northern argentatus and a probable hybrid #lovegulls #lincsbirding 🪶

Common Gull at sunset

With all the minutus excitement, I'd missed the fact that tonight's count of 720 Common Gulls appears to have been the highest in #shropshirebirding for c20 years. A far cry from the 5,000 recorded in 1993, but still significant #lovegulls

Smooth pale juvenile apparent hybrid Glaucous x Herring Gull or Viking Gull

Smooth pale-winged juvenile apparent hybrid Glaucous x Herring Gull or Viking Gull

Smooth translucent-winged juvenile apparent hybrid Glaucous x Herring Gull or Viking Gull

I normally err towards pale northern Herring, but this beauty on the north side of Shrewsbury this morning looked smooth, pale and Glaucy enough to be a Viking #lovegulls #shropshirebirding

Adult (14+ years old) Lesser Black-backed Gull on a pontoon at Dothill, Telford on Friday 16th Jan, photo taken by Elise O'Donnell

An interesting example of "don't age a gull by its bare parts": 14+ year-old N03R was ringed in Malaga in Feb 2012 and seen in Madrid in Feb/Mar 2013 before shifting its wintering habits to Telford #shropshirebirding since 2019 #lovegulls #ukbirding

A sea of Lesser Black-backed Gulls innthe evening sun

Adult Yellow-legged Gull with Black-headed Gulls

The Mere, Ellesmere at sunset, smothered in roosting gulls that were catching the eye of passing motorists who stopped to watch

Checked in on the country's largest LBBG roost last night as 9,380 poured onto The Mere, #Ellesmere at dusk along with a handful of accompaniments. Great to engage with fascinated passers-by too 😍 #lovegulls #shropshirebirding #ukbirding

Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at arms length

Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull on the slipway in front of Mont St.Michel

Mont St.Michel and its causeway this evening

This stonking juv YLG checked us out at the end of a visit to the always stunning Mont St.Michel today #lovegulls #summerholidays

July has been very quiet, bird-wise, but on a rainy Sunday this cracking bird cheered me up. Missed it twice last year at Frampton - Bonaparte’s Gull finally in the bag. #lovegulls #birds #kentbirding #bonapartesgull

A lesser black-backed gull, standing on top of a lamppost, head slightly tilted, looking straight to the camera, and looking somewhat judgemental

I am late for #worldseabirdday
but I find his/her expression too funny not to post...

Lesser Black-backed Gull
(Larus fuscus)
🇮🇹 Zafferano

#lovegulls

Nice pic too! #lovegulls

A rare ring-billed gull lashing out towards a common gull, 12th record in Sweden

12th ever ring-billed gull/ringnäbbad mås in Sweden. This one has been hanging out in central Stockholm for more than a week now (easiest to see in Kungsträdgården).
#laridaerul #lovegulls

Lesser Black-backed Gulls loafing on a flooded sandpit

Found a little slice of heaven today... ✨️ #summergulling #lovegulls #shropshirebirding

A black-headed #gull during the solar eclipse last weekend. Photo from Stockholm, Sweden

#laridaerule #lovegulls

#birdphoto #wildlifephoto
#birds #wildlife #naturephotography

I can eat your leftover. #lovegulls #reflections #wildlifephotography #blueskyphotography #Art #photography

My 1st contribution to BTO's Winter Gull Survey yesterday, reccying here - River Roding/Beckton Sewage Plant, E. London. Still processing data but c400 Black-headeds w/ a sprinkling of Common, Herring, Lesser Black-backed & Great Black-backed. #birds #lovegulls #urbannature #WildPavements

3 #CaspianGull (2cy & 2 1cy) in a dense and mobile roost of 8000+ at The Mere, Ellesmere tonight +12 YLGs #lovegulls #ukbirding #gullswp

A 2cy #CaspianGull was the highlight of another @btobirds.bsky.social #WinGS at The Mere, Ellesmere tonight with @pilning.bsky.social. Also 8+YLGs, 95 Herrings and 8370 LBBGs (of which 3000+ arrived in a single column in the last 20 mins! 😱) #lovegulls #ukbirding

It all went a bit Dutch in East Yorkshire this evening, with five 1cy #CaspianGull and a German-ringed 2cy (yellow XMJA) on the beach between Fraisthorpe & Barmston 😍 #lovegulls #goDutch #ukbirding

Finally managed to find an arrival from the recent easterlies... smart 2cy male #CaspianGull at Novartis Ings this morning #humberbirds #lovegulls

The annual autumn surge of LBBGs reached a staggering total of 8,500 at The Mere, Ellesmere this evening - must be one of the largest gatherings in the country? Also ad & 1cy #CaspianGull and 15+YLGs #lovegulls #timelesswonder

An extreme white-winged ad argentatus at Novartis Ings this morning and a grubby 2cy #CaspianGull amongst the late afternoon throng #lovegulls

One of yesterday's little beauties. Such gorgeous gulls #humberbirds #lovegulls #littlegull

ELEVEN species of Larid on a wet and windy Humber at Novartis Ings today! Highlights: handful of Little Gulls, brief and distant juv Iceland, and 5 #CaspianGull (incl P:2UU) #lovegulls #humberbirds

2ad #CaspianGull on #GooleFields this afternoon with 950+LBBGs 20+YLGs and couple of slinky little fuscoids 🤔 #lovegulls #humberheadmichfest

Successfully confirmed Shropshire's first breeding Herring Gulls on a retail park roof in Shrewsbury today, along with at least 23 LBBG nests #urbangulls #seabirdscount #lovegulls @_BTO @BirdTrack

Plan to ban seagulls from the sea suspended ‘That a wild animal’s waste can be considered pollution i...

Utter madness by @SouthernWater. Humanity really is doomed! #lovegulls...
Plan to ban seagulls from the sea suspended www.independent.co.uk/environment/seagulls-wor...