I had to drop off a parcel for my son at the Anglo hanger at the airport. Leaving the security area I saw 2133 Grey-headed Gulls. (Don’t you believe that I actually counted them, but there were thousands.)
The sky was overcast so the photos weren’t good enough to post, but they were good enough to view and zoom into on the computer…. and to my surprise I noticed thousands of chicks in various stages of growth.
I returned to the site today (24th May) the sun was shining and I made a few captures….
Back in July 2012 I posted on this bird, (Click here to see the post) who would have thought I’d find their breeding ground.
Just look at all the chicks….
They take to flight fairly quickly when you move about…
But I’m not joking when I say there are thousands, if I was clever I’d be able to post my video clip, but I’m too stupid to get it on the blog…
When they circled above my head I thought they might be looking for food… or wanting to crap on my head… but when reading up on them… they were coming closer to attack me… and I quote from http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/birds/laridae/larus_cirrocephalus.htm
- The chicks flee the nest if disturbed and can run freely within a day of hatching, while their parents may attack intruders (such as humans) if they get to close.
I think these wanted to do more than make a deposit on my head… !!!!!
As you might be able to make out from the above photo that they are nesting at the end of a Gold Driving Range, I wonder how many have a close encounter with a golf ball or mistake a ball for an egg.???
The Photographic Journey of bulldog. 