Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
Distribution:
Local Atlases )
British Population Size:
Summer:
Winter:
First Record:
Latest Survey:
Conservation Status: RED
because
Recent Breeding Population Decline (1969-2007),
Recent Non-breeding Population Decline (1981-2007),
Previous Assessments: 2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern: RED (Recent Decline), argentatus GREEN
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
Most frequent in:
And found in:
Relative Frequency in Each Habitat:
European Population Size:
Summer:
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of: WBD(II*)
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
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Number of Nest Records:
Clutch Size:
Incubation:
by the:
Female (occ. Male)
Fledging:
as:
First Clutches Laid:
Number of Broods:
Number Ringed: Annual Totals )
Adult Survival:
Juvenile Survival:
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Typical Lifespan:
Maximum Recorded Age:
Summary of Ringing Recoveries
Biometrics
Ring Size:
Wing Length
Adult:
414.5 ± 19.7
Range
385 - 448 mm, N =1125
Juvenile:
405.7 ± 20.1
375 - 440 mm, N =582
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
970.6 ± 152.3
Range
757.0 - 1264 g , N =974
Juvenile:
956.5 ± 343.3
710.0 - 1210 g , N =473
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
European Herring Gull
Larus michahellis Larus smithsonianus Larus cachinnans
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For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Tinbergen, N. 1953 The herring gull's world Collins, London
[598.615 TIN]
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