Lesser Black-backed Gulls Made Up 73% of Paresis Cases in Lisbon
A ten-year review of gull admissions from Lisbon and Setúbal found that lesser black-backed gulls dominated paresis cases,…
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Norwegian Surveillance Found HPAI H5N5 and H5Nx in Common Gulls and Other Influenza A in Lesser Black-backed Gulls
Three common gulls had HPAI H5N5 and one had HPAI H5Nx, while active surveillance separately detected non-H5 influenza…
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DNA Analysis Found Traces of 71 Species in Lesser Black-backed Gull Diet Samples
A 2026 bioRxiv preprint found DNA traces from 71 species across 61 genera in lesser black-backed gull diet…
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Cormorant and Large-Gull Counts Fell at a Danish Pound Net, but the Difference Disappeared Within Weeks
At one Danish pound net fitted with Looming-Eye Buoys, great cormorant and large-gull counts dropped sharply relative to…
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Study Estimated Lesser Black-backed Gulls Carried About 240 kg of Plastic into Spanish Marshes
A 2026 model estimated that gulls transported about 270 kg of plastic into the Odiel–Tinto marshes during winter.…
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Winter Gull Survey: Great Black-backed Gull Fell 66%, Lesser Black-backed Gull 47%, Herring Gull Stayed Near 720,000
Britain’s first comprehensive winter-gull survey in two decades estimated 66.3% fewer great black-backed gulls and 47.2% fewer lesser…
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Lough Neagh Lesser Black-backed Gulls Tracked to an Abattoir and as Far as Mauritania
Thirteen GPS-tracked lesser black-backed gulls from Lough Neagh repeatedly used human-related food sources during breeding, while their post-breeding…
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UK Seabird Monitoring Found Steep Declines While Great Black-backed Gull Trends Split Between Scotland and Wales
The 2026 UK seabird statistic reported long-term declines of 72% in natural-nesting lesser black-backed gulls, 51% in natural-nesting…
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Small Diet Shifts Linked to Heavier Lesser Black-backed Gull Chicks
A three-year Belgian study found that lesser black-backed gull pairs showing greater year-to-year changes in the marine share…
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Scotland Requires Five-Year Population Reports for Five Gull Species
Scotland’s Natural Environment Act 2026 requires recurring five-year reports on coastal and urban populations of five named gull…
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Exploratory Young Lesser Black-backed Gulls Used Urban Habitats More, but Exploration Did Not Predict Survival
In habitat-use models of 30 juvenile lesser black-backed gulls, more exploratory birds used urban habitats more and less…
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