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Identifying Common & Herring Gull

Love them or hate them, you can't (or shouldn't) ignore gulls. Build up your gull ID skills by learning to recognise two ideal reference species from this versatile and varied family: Common Gull and Herring Gull.

BTO bird identification videos are supported by Natureguides

Natureguides kindly provide species video clips for our bird identification videos.


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