Birds and wildlife

Glaucous Gull

Larus hyperboreusGroup: Gulls and ternsUK Conservation status:Amber

How to identify

The Glaucous Gull is a large pale gull with white wing tips. Younger birds are creamy white or more biscuit coloured, depending on age. All have pale wingtips. It's bigger than a Herring Gull and bulkier, with a fiercer expression, larger beak and squarer head than the smaller but virtually identically-plumaged plumaged Iceland Gull.

Key

  1. Resident
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* This map is intended as a guide. It shows general distribution rather than detailed, localised populations.
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