Looks to be an above average winter for Glaucous Gulls this winter. I've seen three adults but just two first-winters so far in Galway. They are real scavengers and have seen birds feeding on a dead dolphin and a dead dog, not a pretty sight.
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Adult Glaucous Gull, Dogs Bay, Roundstone. |
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Adult Glaucous Gull, Dogs Bay, Roundstone. |
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Adult Glaucous Gull, Murvey, Roundstone. A real brute compared to the adjacent puny Herring Gull |
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Adult Glaucous Gull, Murvey, Roundstone. |
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Adult Glaucous Gull, Murvey, Roundstone. |
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First-winter Glaucous Gull feeding on an unfortunate victim of the storm on Omey Island. |
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First-winter Glaucous Gull, Omey Island. |
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First-winter Glaucous Gull, Omey Island. |
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First-winter Iceland Gull, Murvey, Roundstone. |
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First-winter Iceland Gull, Murvey, Roundstone. |
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First-winter Iceland Gull, Murvey, Roundstone with Errisbeg hill. |
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