Scotland’s European Herring Gull Index Was 54% Below Its 1986 Baseline
NatureScot’s 2026 seabird indicator estimated European herring gull breeding abundance in Scotland 54% below the 1986 baseline and…
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Bird Diversity Fell After Cormorant Colonies Became Established on Baltic Islands
Annual monitoring from 261 Estonian Baltic islands showed that breeding-bird diversity declined after great cormorant colonies became established…
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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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Common Gulls Were Less Often Infected and Carried Fewer Trematodes Than Larger Gulls at Czech Ponds
Trematodes were found in 15 of 33 common gulls in an eastern Czech study, compared with 27 of…
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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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Strangford Lough European Herring Gull Count Fell to 1,724 Occupied Nests in 2025
Northern Ireland's 2026 seabird report recorded 1,724 apparently occupied herring gull nests at Strangford Lough in 2025, below…
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Rooftop-nesting European Herring Gulls Took Fewer Incubation Breaks but Had Lower Hatching Success
A Belgian study of 78 herring gull nests found rooftop pairs left their eggs less often than ground-nesting…
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Isle of May European Herring Gull Nests Fell 42% Between the 2021 and 2024 Censuses
NatureScot recorded 3,009 apparently occupied herring gull nests on the Isle of May in 2024, 42% fewer than…
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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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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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Seven of 15 European Herring Gulls Never Pecked Eye-Marked Takeaway Boxes Across Three Trials
In repeated UK trials, seven of 15 European herring gulls never pecked takeaway boxes with eye-like markings across…
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Captive Herring Gulls Had More Diverse Gut Bacteria Than Urban and Suburban Birds
Herring gulls from different UK environments carried different faecal bacterial communities. Birds at a wildlife rescue centre had…
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