Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis
Adults are 49 cm length and with a 124 cm wingspan. The head, neck and underparts are white; the relatively short bill is yellow with a dark ring; the back and wings are silver grey; and the legs are yellow. The eyes are yellow with red rims.
Coastal areas and occasionally on large inland lakes.
This gull takes three years to reach its breeding plumage; its appearance changes with each moult.
Widespread but scattered records in Britain.
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Rod Baker
Melton Country Park
03 May 2013
Rod Baker
Melton Country Park
03 May 2013
Rod Baker
Melton Country Park
03 May 2013
Rod Baker
Melton Country Park
03 May 2013
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Species profile
- Common names
- Ring-billed Gull
- Species group:
- bird
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Charadriiformes
- Family:
- Laridae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 22/04/2013 (Baker, Rodney)
- Last record:
- 03/05/2013 (Baker, Rodney)
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Rod Baker
Melton Country Park
26 April 2013
Rod Baker
Melton Country Park
26 April 2013
Rod Baker
Melton Country Park
26 April 2013
Rod Baker
Melton Country Park
26 April 2013
