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What Type Of Gulls Are These?

Posted: Oct 13 12:27 pm
by StarfleetScience
I was down at Iona Beach on Monday (12 October) at around 5:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. and I took a picture of these gulls flying overhead near the sewage ponds. I used Merlin Bird ID, and it says they're either Ring-Billed, Herring or Mew Gulls. I'm terrible with gulls, so I can't really tell. Apologies for the bad quality.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/190033544 ... ed-public/

Re: What Type Of Gulls Are These?

Posted: Oct 13 8:55 pm
by zwest
These look like Ring-billed to me. Mew gulls are similar but have thinner bills, and Herrings are quite uncommon around here (sometimes you’ll see a single one in a flock of hundreds of other gulls).

Hope that helps.

Re: What Type Of Gulls Are These?

Posted: Oct 14 2:53 pm
by StarfleetScience
Thanks for your help.