Wingspan
Up to 166cm
Threats
Bycatch and pollution.
Behaviour
Some populations resident while others migrant, the latter travel south in the winter.
Diet
Small fish, invertebrates and eggs.
Conservation Status
Europe
In Portugal
Likely most abundant seagull during autumn and winter periods. Small breeding population in Berlengas archipelago.
Breeding
Nests made out of heaps of grass, seaweed, lichen, feathers and other materials, at ground level, in the coasts of Northwestern Europe.
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