Glaucous Gull
The Glaucous Gull is a large and powerful gull which is very pale in all plumages with no black on either the wings or the tail. The term “glaucous” describes its colouration. Adults are pale grey above with a thick yellow bill. Immatures are very pale grey with a pink and black bill. The Glaucous Gull is considerably larger, bulkier and thicker-billed than the similar Iceland Gull and it can sometimes equal the size of the Great Black-backed Gull.
The Glaucous Gull breeds colonially or singly on coasts and cliffs in the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory and winters in the north Atlantic and north Pacific as far south as the UK and the northernmost states of the USA and the Great Lakes.
Like most gulls, the Glaucous Gull is an omnivore and it eats fish, molluscs, offal, scraps, eggs, small birds, small mammals and carrion.
Date: 5th June 2015
Location: Arnarfjörður, Westfjords, Iceland
The Glaucous Gull breeds colonially or singly on coasts and cliffs in the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory and winters in the north Atlantic and north Pacific as far south as the UK and the northernmost states of the USA and the Great Lakes.
Like most gulls, the Glaucous Gull is an omnivore and it eats fish, molluscs, offal, scraps, eggs, small birds, small mammals and carrion.
Date: 5th June 2015
Location: Arnarfjörður, Westfjords, Iceland
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