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Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Oct 26 2005
winter plummage
Gulls were very numerous around the outflow of a power plant, especially because there were lots of dead fish in it, an easy prey for the gulls!
Jul 14 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jan 22 2006
adult, winter plummage
Sometimes this species also has a black ring around the bill which can cause some confusion with the Ring-billed Gull. However there are some other characters that distinguish the two, such as the dark eye.
Jul 14 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jan 22 2006
adult, winter plummage
Of the European subspecies argentatus, very similar to the American in plumage, especially the adults.
Jul 14 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Nov 5 2005
outside normal range
This bird, apparently a first-year bird, was quite the rarity. This species is seen on the North Sea coast every year but in very low numbers. The main contingent of the world's population winters around the Black Sea in Romania but there are always some stragglers that join flocks of other species going somewhere else!
Jul 14 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Nov 5 2005
This photo is of an individual of the Eastern subspecies nigricans, which is quite rare in Europe but some individuals occur every year mixed in with the more common subspecies. Sometimes it is treated as a separate species, the Black Brant (Branta nigricans).
Jul 14 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Oct 11 2008
Jackdaws are quite common around human settlements. Usually they breed in older buildings.
Jul 14 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Oct 11 2008
adult
Great Black-backed Gulls are quite common in the North Sea, and can be seen around every harbour, but also far offshore when foraging!
Jul 14 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Jan 26 2010
male, adult
A Mallard resting on the ice in a very cold winter day in Northern Germany. Ducks mate very early in the spring and that's why they put on their breeding plumage in the winter already. Come the summer, males will look as drab as females!
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Mar 23 2010
Some more Gannets from the Helgoland colony!
Jul 10 2014
Copyright IvanM
Birdviewing.com
Mar 23 2010
adult
Here an adult of the European subspecies (or maybe a distinct species) of the Herring Gull (argentatus). It looks very much the same as the American Herring Gull!
Jul 10 2014