"By studying gulls' diet, we can learn more about their behaviour, their role in ecosystems and the pressures they face in a ...

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "glass". Here is a selection of the photographs we ...

An injured seagull has been rescued by a kind-hearted member of staff at Wightlink ensuring it was taken to a wildlife rescue ...

The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east and mainly a winter visitor in the west. Hybrids can be locally common (mainly in the wescat). Polytypic.

To celebrate the beginning of spring in the Gaelic calendar, ornithologist Seán Ronayne is across the schedule on RTÉ lyric ...

The birds studied were herring gulls, Caspian terns and black-crowned night herons. The birds were assessed at known water-contaminated locations including the Saginaw Bay and River area of ...

Herring gulls, a species often encountered in urban areas, number about 740,000 birds in the UK, according to the RSPB. Many will have experienced the irritation of finding washing on the line or ...

The number of seagulls nesting in urban areas across the Netherlands continues to rise, with approximately 10 percent of the ...

lesser black-backed gull, herring gull, common gull and black-headed gull. During the colder months, small numbers of Mediterranean gulls, scarcely seen in Hertfordshire, also fly in, the trust said.

Ringbills commonly mix with herring gulls, which lack the black ring on their bill, and also have a much larger wingspan stretching nearly 60 inches.

Gulls are in trouble in their natural spaces - and some species, such as herring gulls and lesser black-backed gulls are seeking refuge in coastal cities. There is very little data on the number ...