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GULLS, TERNS – 25 species [v18.12, 116 additions]
This is one of 14 galleries into which photos of specific birds may be lodged. In alphabetical order they are: 1-‘Ciconiiformes’ (large waders etc.); 2-‘Corvids, Starlings, Doves, Pigeons’; 3-‘Finches, Buntings, plus’; 4-‘Gulls and Terns’; 5-‘Larks, Thrushes, Woodpeckers’; 6-‘Odds, medium to large’; 7-‘Odds, small to medium’; 8-‘Pipits, Wagtails, Hirundines, Swifts’; 9-‘Raptors including Owls and Vultures’; 10-‘Sea Birds and similar‘; 11-‘Tits, Warblers, and similar’; 12-‘Waders A to R’; 13-‘Waders S to Z’; and 14-‘Wild Life including Swans’. As usual there are a few poor photos that are there for record purposes only. The explanatory text that goes with the Home Page gallery is being be revised accordingly.
V16.08 ADDITIONS: There are no new species. Additions result from one of three trips earlier in 2016, namely: SW Florida in January (Ring-billed Gull photos 08-10, Royal Tern 16-20, Sandwich Tern 12); Mull in May (Common Gull 4, Greater Black-backed Gull 4, Herring Gull 14-15, Lesser Black-backed Gull 07, Kittiwake 5-6); and S Portugal in June (Little Tern 11-13).
V16.11 ADDITIONS: Three new photos of Yellow-legged Gull (5-7).
V18.02 ADDITIONS: No new species. The 31 photos are as follows. 3x Audouin’s Gull (5-7) Algarve; 9x Black-headed Gull (08-16) mostly Algarve, others Somerset; 5x Laughing Gull (08-12) SW Florida; 6x Lesser Black-backed Gull (08-13); 1x Mediterranean Gull; 5x Slender-billed Gull (3-7) Algarve, 2nd winter; and 2x Caspian Tern (07-08) Algarve.
V18.12 ADDITIONS: No new species. New photos with file numbers [116] follow. Black-headed Gull (7-8); Common Gull (5-9); Greater Black-backed Gull (5-7); Herring Gull (16-18); Lesser Black-backed Gull (14-23); Ring-billed Gull (11-25); Yellow-legged Gull (8-9); Caspian Tern (09-18); Gull-billed Tern (4-8); Little Tern (14-38); Royal Tern (21-35); Sandwich Tern (13-29); and Whiskered Gull (6-9).
N.B. There are currently seven pull-down galleries for ‘single bird species’ and it is hoped more (e.g. say, here, Royal Terns) will be added. For further details of the website’s structure and help in accessing the galleries please click on the ‘Home Page’ thumbnail.