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Mediterranean Gulls in Wales |
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Watch for Mediterranean Gull
in North America. It is overdue. We will be looking at Niagara. |
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Just 14 years ago, Mediterranean Gulls
were rare in the UK. When Ron Pittaway and I were in Wales in 1995,
we saw a Med Gull and had to write a rare bird report for the local records
committee. Now the population has increased and they are not
difficult to find there. It is not in North American field guides so
these photos show some of its winter plumages. Scroll down for 8
photos. |
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Banded adult 3E40 in basic plumage near
the main promenade at Porthcawl, Wales, on 31 October 2009. |
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A second banded adult in basic plumage
on the beach at Porthcawl on 31 October 2009. |
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A third banded adult 3P21 in the parking
lot at Rest Bay, Porthcawl
on 1 November 2009. |
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A fourth banded adult in basic plumage at Rest
Bay, Porthcawl on 1 November 2009. |
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Mediterranean Gull in second basic
plumage at Rest Bay, Porthcawl on 1 November 2009. |
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Second basic Med Gull at Rest
Bay, Porthcawl on 1 November 2009. |
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Adult Med Gull (top)
and adult Black-headed Gull both in basic plumage on 1 November 2009 |
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Adult Med Gull in basic plumage at
Rest Bay, Porthcawl on 1 November 2009. |
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For more gulls see
also
Welsh Gulls
and
European
Herring Gulls |
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