Some think their name comes from their association with grassy areas, as in the gull of the common, rather than the widespread and numerous gull.
Neil McCall said
Sun Feb 5 11:55 PM, 2012
Definitely Common Gulls, and a good description which makes it easy to verify what they were.
Although they're called "Common Gulls" they're not the most common gull at all, however they do tend to gather in reasonable numbers in town parks and on school playing fields in Manchester in the winter, along with the Black-Headed.
Nick Isherwood said
Sun Feb 5 10:20 PM, 2012
They sound like Common gulls. They often associate with Black Headed gulls at this time of year.
John Fallon said
Sun Feb 5 10:12 PM, 2012
Hi, We have just done the RSPB Big School Birdwatch and we were counting the number of black-headed gulls which visit the playground after the children's morning break to feed on dropped crisps etc. We noticed that a few of the flock of approximately 20 birds had yellow/green legs not red. I presumed that they were perhaps juvenile birds at first but then I got to wondering if they were a different species. They seemed to be slightly larger than the black-headed gulls. Any thoughts? John
Although they're called "Common Gulls" they're not the most common gull at all, however they do tend to gather in reasonable numbers in town parks and on school playing fields in Manchester in the winter, along with the Black-Headed.
We have just done the RSPB Big School Birdwatch and we were counting the number of black-headed gulls which visit the playground after the children's morning break to feed on dropped crisps etc. We noticed that a few of the flock of approximately 20 birds had yellow/green legs not red. I presumed that they were perhaps juvenile birds at first but then I got to wondering if they were a different species. They seemed to be slightly larger than the black-headed gulls. Any thoughts?
John