Key information
The glaucous gull is a large pale gull with white wing tips. Younger birds are creamy white or more biscuit coloured, depending on age. All have pale wingtips. It is bigger than a herring gull and bulkier, with a fiercer expression, larger beak and squarer head than the smaller but virtually identically-plumaged plumaged Iceland gull.
What they eat:
Scavenges for carrion, shellfish and scraps.
Measurements:
- Length:
- 62-68cm
- Wingspan:
- 150-165cm
- Weight:
- 1-2kg
Population:
- UK wintering:
- 170 birds
Identifying features:
This bird species has different identifying features depending on sex/age/season.
Glaucous gull (adult/winter plumage)
Glaucous gull (first-winter plumage)
