Mediterranean Gull, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland,
December 2012
Newbiggin is the Med Gull capital of the North East - has to be one of
the best places to see this species.
Mediterranean Gull, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland,
December 2012
Mediterranean Gulls feeding on the beach at Newbiggin-by-the-sea, Northumberland, February 2017
This video was filmed using a "point and pray" superzoom
Two
Mediterranean
Gulls together with Black-headed Gulls off Athens, Greece,
March 2010
The
above picture shows in part the incongruity of the English name for
this species - Mediterranean gull is the one with the black head. The
Black-headed gull have dark brown heads. Another thing wrong with the
name is that this bird is not actually that common over much of the
Mediterranean - the Norwegians call it "Black Sea Gull" which is to me
a better name.
For more information about birding in the Mediterranean see here.
For more information about birding the Black Sea see here.
All
pictures on this page taken
using various digital SLR cameras with a 400mm
telephoto lens (hand held)
Above and below: Mediterranean Gulls, Russian Black Sea, April 2012
Newbiggin-by-the-sea,
Northumberland, December 2019
Newbiggin-by-the-sea,
Northumberland, December 2019
Newbiggin-by-the-sea,
Northumberland, December 2019
Newbiggin-by-the-sea,
Northumberland, December 2019
Above
and below: Med Gulls, Newbiggin-by-the-sea, Northumberland,
December 2012
Mediterranean Gull, Newbiggin, Northumberland, December 2019
Here is a record shot of the first Med Gull observed in
Øygarden, 01 June 2020.
Mediterranean Gull, Leman field, UK Sector, August 2021 This is a species I rarely seen when "properly" offshore. They tend to be a more coastal bird
