The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east and mainly a winter visitor in the west. Hybrids can be locally common (mainly in the wescat). Polytypic.

The herring gull has a white head and underpart ... They have light gray, short legs and large, webbed feet. The birds are migratory and go between the Palearctic and the boreal forests of ...

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired ... site for herring gulls. Sadly, as garden and nature writer Kate Bradbury recalls, herring gull chicks ...

About The Herring Gull: Although in recent years they have begun to colonise urban areas, they're traditionally a bird of the sea. Herring gulls are tough birds, even in the strongest of Atlantic ...