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Lesser black-backed gull

Larus fuscus

Description:

•They eat fish, insects, crustaceans, worms, starfish, molluscs, seeds, berries, small mammals, eggs, small birds, chicks, scraps, offal and carrion. •The call is a "laughing" cry. •They lay normally three eggs.

Habitat:

Atlantic coasts Europe, West Africa and east coast of North America -I saw this gull in Travemünde(Germany)

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1 Comment

BrunoMoller
BrunoMoller 8 years ago

I think it is the right species(the lesser black-backed gull), but can be a great black-backed gull.

BrunoMoller
Spotted by
BrunoMoller

Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Spotted on Jul 26, 2015
Submitted on Feb 28, 2016

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