ARCHIVE 590 – HERRING GULL
December 23, 2020 4 Comments
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Adult Herring Gull, Porthleven, Cornwall; 18 Oct 2016.
A big, meaty bird, a bird to be taken seriously – and particularly so if its trying to steal your lunch! The dark streaking shows it to be in winter plumage.
Looking at this now, in 2020, I wonder how I might characterise him in human terms >>> big, feathered, aggressive, opportunistic hooligan might do it – and, in my eyes, absolutely wonderful too. Well, I am after all a birder but it goes back much further than that: I grew up on the coast and these birds were a constant and noisy part of my younger years, they are in effect a part of who I am, I think. I can well remember taking my first job away from the coast, in Milton Keynes of all places: there were no gulls there and I really felt their absence, it was somehow like being in a very different place.
Click onto the image to open a larger version in a separate window – recommended.
Technique: X-T1 with 55-200 Fujifilm lens at 300mm (equiv); 800 ISO; Lightroom.
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About Adrian Lewis
Squidgy 🙂
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Yes, to look at – but getting up close and personal might be different … 🙂
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I’m not going to do that; I’m fine with the distance, thank you 🙂
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🙂 🙂 🙂
Have just had computer problem, unsure if fixed. 😦
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