#caspian gull

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There are always birds I have trouble identifying. But identifying gulls— especially young ones — is always a guessing game for me. Here, I'm guessing it's a young Caspian Gull.

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Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

Most Śląsko-Dąbrowski, Warsaw, Poland - 08-10-2025

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We have had an awesome weekend in Rutland attending the Global Bird Fair which I always love going to. Across two days in the fair it was good to have our annual photo with Simon King, chat to lots of other great people, hear inspiring talks, watch fun quizzes and see birds including Whitethroat, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Wren and Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker being ringed at the ringing demonstration and Elephant Hawk-moth, Brimstone moth and others at the Butterfly Conservation stand. The talks and chats included insightful looks into how Springwatch and the wildlife bits of the One Show are made, a look at the groundbreaking and inspiring work of Roy Dennis and others translocating species to return them to areas especially Ospreys and White-tailed Eagles, hear fascinating tales of David Lindo and Simon King’s lives in nature and catch up with people we know from the fair in the past, social media and Heatherlea the company we have been on Scotland birding holidays with. As always a feel good and fulfilling weekend for a good cause of the brilliant project the fair is supporting this year helping the Southern Ocean’s Seabirds. 

The wild side of the weekend was wonderful as we enjoyed special time in the Rutland Water Lyndon and Egleton nature reserves on Friday and Saturday. Dragonflies claimed the stage of sunny heatwave days as Brown and Southern Hawker and Emperor confidently patrolled the pathways and water’s edge and ruby Ruddy Darters flitted around vegetation with Black-tailed Skimmer and Broad-bodied Chaser enjoyed too. On Friday a stunning patch of path side meadow adorned with tufted vetch, scabious, viper’s-bugloss, bird’s-foot trefoil and more teemed with lepidoptera life with Comma, Peacock, many Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Small Copper and Small Skipper butterflies and Six-spot Burnet moths with Mother of Pearl moth seen on a magical and tranquil Saturday evening immersed in nature. I was mesmerised watching a Muntjac at close quarters in a hide. Birding delight came in the form of a glorious gull seen, only our second ever Caspian Gull and Green Sandpiper and Greenshank were another two fine sightings. Also top of the tree for birds were Red Kite, an exciting view of a Hobby and the regal Rutland Ospreys with some splendid views of these terrific raptors. 

Other highlights this weekend included Stock Dove, Great White Egret, Yellowhammer heard, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Black Clock beetle, water mint, marsh woundwort, hoverflies and oh so many wasps the emblem of this Bird Fair. The photos in this set from the weekend are of; goatsbeard, Mute Swan, Large White butterfly, a hot view, the Caspian Gull, an Osprey with the scenic Burley-on-the-Hill house visible from much of Rutland Water in the background and bird's-foot trefoil, scabious and yarrow.

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April 16, 2021 - Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

Found throughout much of Europe, into parts of central Asia, northwest Africa, and the Middle East, these gulls were previously considered a subspecies of the Herring Gull and are sometimes lumped with the Yellow-legged Gull into a single species. They primarily eat fish, along with invertebrates, reptiles, small mammals, the eggs and chicks of other birds, carrion, and refuse. Breeding in large, sometimes mixed-species colonies of as many as 8,000 pairs, they build their nests on the ground from vegetation, feathers, and debris.

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Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)

© Andy Benson

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Hybride Pontische x Zilvermeeuw - Hybrid Caspian/Herringgull - Larus cachinans x argentatus by Merijn Loeve

Hybrid Gull (Larus cachinnans x Larus argentatus) and Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)

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Caspian Gull

First winter caspian gull (Larus cachinnans) from last November. Finally managed to ask for help with the id of this bird (I have little experience with caspian gulls, it’s mostly black-backed and herring gulls over here) and, well, turns out my take was correct already! So... guess I’ve reached a new birding level now lol. Young gulls are hard.

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Naturelog: 2nd December

Keith and I are back at the London Wetland Centre in search of the wintering Bitterns which have finally arrived from their breeding grounds on the continent. It is thought there are currently 2-3 of these secretive birds on the reserve and there have been daily sightings in the past few weeks. On arrival we can see that the cold weather has caused some of the smaller ponds to freeze and the…

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