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herring gull

NOUN
  1. large gull of the northern hemisphere

How To Use herring gull In A Sentence

  • Egg collecting is permitted from herring gulls, great black-backed gulls, common gulls, and blacklegged kittiwakes early in the laying season. Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic
  • The commonest gull in seaside towns in summer is the herring gull. Times, Sunday Times
  • The commonest gull in seaside towns in summer is the herring gull. Times, Sunday Times
  • Herring gull chicks can now be seen on rooftops in towns - inland towns as well as seaside towns. Times, Sunday Times
  • Herring gulls are highly protective of their offspring and will attack anyone who gets too close. Times, Sunday Times
  • Even in Scotland, which has some thriving water-bird populations, species such as shag, arctic skua, herring gull, kittiwake and terns are under threat.
  • In the large cove before us she identified the scattered ducks: golden eyes, canvas backs, mergansers, immature herring gulls.
  • Herring gulls have a 1.5 metre wingspan and are naturally bold. Times, Sunday Times
  • There was a seal there in some water, a great herring gull with a damaged foot, and other creatures.
  • The herring gulls are local resident birds, and great opportunists, able to change their feeding habits to whatever is available.
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