A yellow-legged gull that was tagged in Portugal in 2019 as a chick was recently recorded in Israel, marking the longest ...

A yellow-legged gull that was tagged in Portugal in 2019 as a chick was recently recorded in Israel, marking the longest journey ever documented for this bird species.The individual that reached ...

Years ago, people in New England found gulls only near the coast, and we became accustomed to calling them "seagulls." In fact, almost all of them were "herring" gulls, one species of this large ...

The yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) is an opportunist species which feeds from a great range of preys (fish, crustaceans, annellids, organic rests from dumping sites, etc.).

The diet of the yellow-legged gull in the Medes Islands (Girona, Spain) has changed extremely over the last decades, according to a study that analyses the changes in the diet of this species over ...

The yellow-legged gull has been protected by Maltese law for over 30 years. It is illegal to shoot at them, kill them or harm them in any way. It is a large bird and males can have a wingspan of ...

Birders began to go out of their way—to landfills, to the Great Lakes in winter—to see newly identifiable rarities. European taxonomists got into the act, splitting the herring gull six ways from ...

A survey of 25 regularly breeding species shows nine are increasing but puffins are on the decline. BBC Homepage. ... as well as rare breeding species like the yellow-legged gull.

A survey of 25 regularly breeding species shows nine are increasing but puffins are on the decline. ... as well as rare breeding species like the yellow-legged gull.