Herring Gull - Larus argentatus (14120222337)

Description:

Description: Taken in Devon, Berry Head on 27/05/14. Thanks for all the Comments and Favs! Herring gulls are large, noisy gulls found throughout the year around our coasts and inland around rubbish tips, fields, large reservoirs and lakes, especially during winter. Adults have light grey backs, white under parts, and black wing tips with white 'mirrors'. Their legs are pink, with webbed feet and they have heavy, slightly hooked bills marked with a red spot. Young birds are mottled brown. They have suffered moderate declines over the past 25 years and over half of their UK breeding population is confined to fewer than ten sites. Status: Red Population: UK Breeding: 140,000 pairs UK Wintering: 740,000 birds. Date: 27 May 2014, 13:28. Source: Herring Gull - Larus argentatus. Author: Jacob Spinks from Northamptonshire, England.