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Gannet |
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| Location: |
Ireland |
Date: |
02/06/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Morus bassanus |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Gannet |
Size: |
96cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
173cm |
| Description: |
Adults are large and bright white with black wingtips. They are distinctively shaped with a long neck and long pointed beak, long pointed tail, and long pointed wings. At sea they flap and then glide low over the water, often travelling in small groups. They feed by flying high and circling before plunging into the sea. It breeds in significant numbers at only a few localities and so is an Amber List species. Biggest mainland breeding colony at RSPB's Bempton Cliffs. Two mainland colonies - at Bempton and Troup Head, Scotland. Big island colonies on St Kilda, the Northern Isles and Bass Rock in Scotland and Grassholm in Wales.
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Herring Gull |
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| Location: |
Ireland |
Date: |
02/06/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus argentatus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gulls |
Size: |
64cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
140cm |
| Description: |
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.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.
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Black Headed Gull |
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| Location: |
Cosmeston |
Date: |
09/02/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
41cm |
| ISO: |
500 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
100cm |
| Description: |
Description to come soon!
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Black Headed Gull |
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| Location: |
Cosmeston |
Date: |
09/02/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
41cm |
| ISO: |
500 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
400cm |
| Description: |
Description to come soon!
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Black Headed Gull |
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| Location: |
Cosmeston |
Date: |
09/02/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
41cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
100cm |
| Description: |
Description to come soon!
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Juvenile Gull |
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| Location: |
Cosmeston |
Date: |
09/02/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
TBC |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
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| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
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| Description: |
Unidentified Juvenile Gull
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Juvenile Gull |
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| Location: |
Cosmeston |
Date: |
09/02/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
TBC |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
? |
| ISO: |
500 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
? |
| Description: |
Unidentified Juvenile Gull
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Lesser Black Backed Gull |
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| Location: |
Cosmeston |
Date: |
09/02/2015 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus fuscus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
58cm |
| ISO: |
1000 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D Mark II 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
142cm |
| Description: |
Description to come soon!
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Common Gull |
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| Location: |
Talacre |
Date: |
16/09/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus canus canus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
43cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
117cm |
| Description: |
It looks like a small, gentler version of the herring gull, with greenish legs and a yellow bill. Despite its name, it is not at all common in some inland areas, though often abundant on the coast and in some eastern counties. They are now seen more often in towns and on housing estates in winter.
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Great Black Backed Gull |
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| Location: |
Talacre |
Date: |
14/09/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus marinus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
158cm |
| ISO: |
640 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
71cm |
| Description: |
The king of the Atlantic waterfront, the Great Black-backed Gull is the largest gull in the world, with a powerful build and a domineering attitude. They harry other birds to steal their food and even hunt adult birds such as grebes and puffins.
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Atlantic Puffin |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
15/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Fratercula Arctica |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Auk |
Size: |
31cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 300/1 |
Wingspan: |
55cm |
| Description: |
An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and a tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs. Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds. With half of the UK population at only a few sites it is an Amber List species.
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Atlantic Puffin |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
15/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Fratercula arctica |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Auk |
Size: |
42cm |
| ISO: |
400 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
83cm |
| Description: |
An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and a tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs. Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds. With half of the UK population at only a few sites it is an Amber List species.
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Atlantic Puffin |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
15/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Fratercula arctica |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Auk |
Size: |
31cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
55cm |
| Description: |
An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and a tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs. Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds. With half of the UK population at only a few sites it is an Amber List species.
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Guillemot |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
15/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Uria aalge |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Auk |
Size: |
42cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
67cm |
| Description: |
The UK's coasts have many stretches of sheer cliffs where seabirds breed and the guillemot is one of the most numerous birds in the great 'seabird cities'. It comes to land only to nest, spending the rest of its life at sea, where it is vulnerable to oil spills. Dark brown and white, not as black as the similar razorbill, it has a 'bridled' form with a white ring round the eye and stripe behind it.
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Atlantic Puffin |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
14/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Fratercula arctica |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Auk |
Size: |
31cm |
| ISO: |
400 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
55cm |
| Description: |
An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and a tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs. Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds. With half of the UK population at only a few sites it is an Amber List species.
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Atlantic Puffin |
Click Me |
| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
14/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Fratercula arctica |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Auk |
Size: |
31cm |
| ISO: |
400 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
55cm |
| Description: |
An unmistakable bird with its black back and white underparts, and distinctive black head with large pale cheeks and a tall, flattened, brightly-coloured bill. Its comical appearance is heightened by its red and black eye-markings and bright orange legs. Used as a symbol for books and other items, this clown among seabirds is one of the world's favourite birds. With half of the UK population at only a few sites it is an Amber List species.
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Razorbill |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
14/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Alca torda |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Auk |
Size: |
41cm |
| ISO: |
400 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
65cm |
| Description: |
The razorbill is a medium-sized seabird. It is black above and white below. It has a thick black beak which is deep and blunt, unlike the thinner bill of the similar guillemot. It breeds around the coast of the UK, with the largest colonies in northern Scotland. There are none breeding between the Humber and the Isle of Wight. Birds only come to shore to breed, and winter in the northern Atlantic. The future of this species is linked to the health of the marine environment. Fishing nets, pollution and declining fish stocks all threaten the razorbill.
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Razorbill |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
14/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Alca torda |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Auk |
Size: |
41cm |
| ISO: |
400 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
65cm |
| Description: |
The razorbill is a medium-sized seabird. It is black above and white below. It has a thick black beak which is deep and blunt, unlike the thinner bill of the similar guillemot. It breeds around the coast of the UK, with the largest colonies in northern Scotland. There are none breeding between the Humber and the Isle of Wight. Birds only come to shore to breed, and winter in the northern Atlantic. The future of this species is linked to the health of the marine environment. Fishing nets, pollution and declining fish stocks all threaten the razorbill.
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
14/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus fuscus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
58cm |
| ISO: |
400 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
142cm |
| Description: |
Slightly smaller than a herring gull, the lesser black-backed gull has a dark grey to black back and wings, yellow bill and yellow legs. Their world population is found entirely in Europe. After declines in the 19th century due to persecution they increased their range and numbers. This expansion has now halted and there is serious concern about declines in many parts of its range. The species is on the Amber List because the UK is home to 40% of the European population and more than half of these are found at fewer than ten sites.
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Herring Gull |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
14/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus argentatus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
64cm |
| ISO: |
400 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
140cm |
| Description: |
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.
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Great Black-backed Gull |
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| Location: |
Skomer Island |
Date: |
14/06/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus marinus |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
71cm |
| ISO: |
400 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
158cm |
| Description: |
A very large, thick-set black-backed gull, with a powerful beak. Adults are blacker than the smaller lesser black-backed gull. It has a heavy flight and can look quite hunched when perched. It will fight off other gulls and chase them to snatch food.
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Iceland Gull |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour |
Date: |
29/03/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus glaucoides |
Pic By: |
Jen |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
22cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 420/1 |
Wingspan: |
50cm |
| Description: |
A medium-size gull, smaller than most herring gulls. It has a rounded head and smallish beak, giving it a dove-like expression. It has very pale plumage and white wing tips, and, like the glaucous gull, it is sometimes referred to as a 'white-winged' gull. It is a winter visitor, with small numbers of birds, usually seen singly. It breeds in the Arctic and winters as far south as New York and Britain.
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Iceland Gull Comparison |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour |
Date: |
29/03/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus glaucoides |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
22cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
50cm |
| Description: |
A medium-size gull, smaller than most herring gulls. It has a rounded head and smallish beak, giving it a dove-like expression. It has very pale plumage and white wing tips, and, like the glaucous gull, it is sometimes referred to as a 'white-winged' gull. It is a winter visitor, with small numbers of birds, usually seen singly. It breeds in the Arctic and winters as far south as New York and Britain.
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Iceland Gull |
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| Location: |
Pagham Harbour |
Date: |
29/03/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus glaucoides |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
22cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
50cm |
| Description: |
A medium-size gull, smaller than most herring gulls. It has a rounded head and smallish beak, giving it a dove-like expression. It has very pale plumage and white wing tips, and, like the glaucous gull, it is sometimes referred to as a 'white-winged' gull. It is a winter visitor, with small numbers of birds, usually seen singly. It breeds in the Arctic and winters as far south as New York and Britain.
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Iceland Gull |
Click Me |
| Location: |
Pagham Harbour |
Date: |
29/03/2014 |
| Scientific Name: |
Larus glaucoides |
Pic By: |
Mark |
| Family: |
Gull |
Size: |
22cm |
| ISO: |
800 |
Gender: |
U |
| Equipment: |
Canon EOS 7D 400/1 |
Wingspan: |
50cm |
| Description: |
A medium-size gull, smaller than most herring gulls. It has a rounded head and smallish beak, giving it a dove-like expression. It has very pale plumage and white wing tips, and, like the glaucous gull, it is sometimes referred to as a 'white-winged' gull. It is a winter visitor, with small numbers of birds, usually seen singly. It breeds in the Arctic and winters as far south as New York and Britain.
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