Herring gulls
- 28 May 2009 22:3922153apparently the above mentioned creature is now on the endangered species list.
confirmed by the rspb.
please note that they do not like being swore at when you come out and find all your weeks rubbish on the pavement. - 29 May 2009 07:1422158Well there doesnt seem to be any shortage of gulls around here...there was plenty of them clattering and banging on my roof at 6am..causing a right furore. I myself dont mind the gulls but as for the pigeons..Grrrrr!!
But back to the gulls. Not being an expert or anything on birds of any kind, but I have noticed there are different types lingering on the beach here. One group for example have black wings all the way across on the top side, another type are smaller than the general gulls but have a smaller head and are a tad greyer.
AS you can see these descriptions are hardly of ornithological merit or quality but you get the general gist. Its probably a particular species within the species that is probably in difficulty.There are a lot of probablys in that last sentence!
However as to a shortage... no dont thinkso. When a firework display goes off or the gun fires at the Castle, a million of them takes to the skies down here in downtown Dover. Still advisable to keep all rubbish bins fully lidded.email: dover7@msn.com - Brian Dixon
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29 May 2009 07:1722159cukoos are allso on the endangered list for some reason. - 29 May 2009 08:3522163Herring Gulls and the smaller Black Headed Gulls around here usually...Been nice knowing you :)
- 29 May 2009 08:3522164paul
the herring gull is the most common one around here, massive things with yellow beaks.
my understanding was that they had taken over the territories of the common gull, which is on the endangered list. - 29 May 2009 18:4722184A very good discrption there Boss.
The largest being the Greater black backed Gull.
The Lesser Black Backed Gull.
The Herring Gull.
The Black headed Gull is at the moment frollocking on the north east coast at the moment and should be back around end of July - August.
The other one you may see is the Fulmar. never lands on the beach but does flap over Boland towers all of the time, about the same size as the Herring Gull and has short and stiffer wing patterns.
Hope thet helps.
Brian I'll think you'll find it's due to the recession.
Ian...grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet. - Brian Dixon
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29 May 2009 19:3422186no rspb figurs.