Gulls on Film

Friday, 30 October 2009

Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull, juvenile

North Shields Fish Quay, 30th October 2009.

Thursday, 29 October 2009

October Images

Herring Gull L argenteus Ad Winter

Herring Gull L argenteus 1st winter

Common Gull L canus Ad Winter

Tuesday, 22 September 2009

White-eyed Gull - Flickr Selection

White-eyed Gull is endemic to the Red Sea and strictly coastal.

1st-winter, Egypt, Sinai, Sharm-el-Sheikh, 02/28/2008

Adult Summer,Umm Usk, Egypt

Image copyright & credits

1st-winter courtesy Sergey Yelisleev http://www.flickr.com/photos/yeliseev/

Adult courtesy Asbjorn Hansen, http://www.flickr.com/photos/xoto/

Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)

1st-winter

1st winter in flight

2nd-winter

Adult

All images courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/jroldenettel/

Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) - Flickr Selection

Adult Summer

First Winter

Adults moulting into winter

Adult winter

Adult Winter

Image 1 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jroldenettel/

Image 2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tclifton/

Image 3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ken-ichi/

Image 4 http://www.flickr.com/photos/seabamirum/

Image 5 http://www.flickr.com/people/johnbergez/

Monday, 21 September 2009

New Link in the sidebar to a Swedish Gull Blog called truthjalpen, which loosely translates as 'Gull Aid'. the images are fantastic and the content fascinating, detailed and knowledgeable but I guess this is what you would expect from Hans Larsson and Jorgen Bernsmo. That's right him, the one that did the awesome plates for the Helm Gulls book.It's only been running three months but it's a must visit if your interested in large white headed gulls. Go, now, revel. Oh don't be fooled when you arrive and its all in Swedish, on the sidebar they have added the Google Translate widget to turn it into English or any other language you care to use.

Lesser Black-backed Gull (L.f.graellsi)

Lesser Black-backed Gull, adult moulting to winter

19/09/09, North Sea

Lesser Black-backed Gull, juvenile partial leucistic indvidual

19/09/09, North Sea

Lesser Black-backed Gull, juvenile in flight (partially leucistic) 19/09/09, North Sea

Great Black-backed Gull

Great Black-backed Gull, adult winter

19/09/09, North Sea

Great Black-backed Gull, adult winter

19/09/09, North Sea

Great Black-backed Gull, juvenile 19/09/09, North Sea

Med Gull

Med Gull, 1st-winter

17/09/09 Newbiggin, Northumberland

Med Gull, adult winter

17/09/09, Newbiggin, Northumberland

Med Gull, 2nd-winter 17/09/09, Newbiggin, Northumberland

Sunday, 13 September 2009

UAE Gull Blog

A new link to Tommy Pederson's UAE Gull site has been posted in the sidebar. The images are large (but good) so take time to load, patience required.

Black-legged Kittiwake

13.09.09 juvenile, Farne Islands

Herring Gull (Larus a.argenteus)

Herring Gull l.a.argenteus juvenile.

13.09.09 Farne Islands.

Herring Gull l.a.argenteus juvenile 13.09.09 Farne Islands

Herring Gull, L.a.argenteus adult moulting into winter 13.09.09 Farne Islands

Herring Gull L.a.argenteus adult moulting into winter

13.09.09 Seahouses

Tuesday, 8 September 2009

'Baltic' Gull

Stef Mcelwee has kindly allowed me to post a series of shots of a putative juvenile 'Baltic' Gull taken in Lincolnshire on 2nd September 2009. It is an interesting individual that shows many of the key features attributable to fuscus at this age such as the slender build, very pale head, breast & belly, dark greater coverts with whiteish tips and cold grey appearance.

All images copyright S. Mcelwee.

Sunday, 9 August 2009

Bonaparte's Gull 8 8 9

Monday, 3 August 2009

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Adult, 3km off Tynemouth, 30 July.

All of the next images are of a juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull seen on a pelagic trip 3-5km off the Tyne on 30 July. Whilst the light conditions were not good the bird was considered to be a very dark individual by two experienced observers. It caused a number of moments of confusion as it was dark enough to be mistaken for dark phase Arctic Skua at a distance.