The Herring Gull is a common resident breeding bird in Ireland. It can be found almost anywhere there is food to be scavenged, be that in ports like Howth where the following shots were taken yesterday, or further inland living off the waste that humans provide in landfill sites and on the general litter and waste that is to be found just about anywhere humans inhabit.
The Herring Gull is a particularly striking bird, the first thing you notice is the sheer size of the bird, they grow to be very large adults, sitting somewhere between the GBB Gull and the LBB Gull in size. Luckily there are an abundance of them in and around the Dublin coast so I was able to get some different age groups for comparison.
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| adult Herring Gull |
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| 1st Winter Herring Gull |
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| adult Herring Gull |
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