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Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Large Gulls are generally clever enough to avoid the roads and are therefore rarely brought in to Wild Art. Once in a while it happens though, usually Herring or Lesser Black-backed. Interestingly the last two Lesser Black-Backed Gulls prepared here have both been birds of the Scandinavian race, Larus fuscus fuscus - birds with bright yellow legs and slate black backs (rather than the paler dark grey British birds, Larus f. graellsii) - one found by the bridge which crosses Suffolk's River Orwell, the other on the dual carriageway south of Edinburgh. It is also quite usual here to see the yellow-, as well as the pink-legged Herring Gull - in the field, the yellow-legged variety with its darker than average back is easily confused with its British Lesser Black-Backed cousin.
11th July 2004
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Lesser Black-Backed Gull
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