I'm not the biggest gull fan in the world, but I have to confess I have
gradually got more interested in them over the years. In Hokkaido you
get great opportunities to see several species that are either scarce,
very rare or yet to be recorded in the UK. Here is a quick round up:
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| Black-tailed and Common (Kamchatka) gulls |
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| Vega Gull - much has been written in the birding press recently about this Pacific version of our Herring Gull - as one of these turned up in Ireland in January! I only saw about three. Note the pale eye is normal in winter. |
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| Slaty-backed Gull - like Vega Gull their legs are very pink (described by others as bubblegum pink) |
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| Glaucous-winged Gull (front) |
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| Slaty-backed, Black-tailed and Common (Kamchatka) gulls |
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| Kittiwake |
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| Glaucous and Glaucous-winged gulls |
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| Glaucous and Slaty-backed gulls |
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| Black-tailed Gull |
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| Black-tailed Gull |
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| Slaty-backed gulls |
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