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  • Rocky shoreline at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • The last glimmers of light over Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • Drift wood and rubbish accumulated on the beach at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset.
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  • Angler fishing in the last light of evening at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • The last glimmers of light over Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset
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  • Coastal habitat at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset, UK
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  • Herring Gull Larus argentatus - tangled up with fishing litter. L 56-62cm. Noisy, familiar bird and our most numerous large gull species. Often follows boats. Bold when fed regularly. Sexes are similar. Adult in summer has blue-grey black and upperwings, with white-spotted, black wingtips; plumage is otherwise white. Legs are pink, bill is yellow with orange spot, and eye is yellow with orange-yellow ring. In winter, similar but with dark streaks on head and nape. Juvenile and 1st winter are mottled grey-brown with streaked underparts. Legs are dull pink, bill is dark and spotted pale tail has dark tip. Adult plumage acquired over 3 years. 2nd winter bird is similar but has grey back and grey areas on upperwing. Tail is white with dark tip. 3rd winter resembles winter adult but has more black on wingtips and hint of dark tail band. Voice Utters distinctive kyaoo and anxious ga-ka-ka. Status Common, mainly coastal in summer, nesting on seacliffs and in seaside towns. Widespread and more numerous in winter due to migrant influx.<br />
Kimmeridge bay september.
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