Gull Identification and Behaviour

Steve takes you through the latest developments in field identification. Gulls are also fascinating, intelligent birds whose amazing migratory patterns have begun to unfold in recent years thanks to ringing, leg tagging and satellite tracking.

The first part looks at the identification of gulls. Especially the challenge of separating Caspian, Yellow-legged & Armenian Gull in the ‘Herring Gull complex’. Also, the Lesser Black-backed Gull complex (Baltic & Heuglin’s). The multiple age classes in the larger ‘white-headed’ gulls present a challenge to birders which you love or hate. Steve takes you through the latest developments in field identification. Gulls are also fascinating, intelligent birds whose amazing migratory patterns have begun to unfold in recent years thanks to ringing, leg tagging and satellite tracking. Learn how the gulls in your park may have been on foraging visits to Scandinavia, Germany, France, etc., true citizens of the EU.

Steve Piotrowski is a general naturalist and experienced birder. Author of the recently published ‘Birds of Suffolk’, co-author of ‘The Butterflies of Suffolk’ and a Principal Recorder during recent ‘Dragonfly Atlas’ fieldwork. A founder member of Landguard Bird Observatory (1982) and Waveney Bird Club (2006). He specialises in bird migration and holds a BTO bird-ringing ‘Trainer’ permit. He works as an associated tutor for the Field Studies Council and British Trust for Ornithology and is ornithological advisor for Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

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