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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Carew (Pembrokeshire)

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Taken: Wed, 31 Dec 2025

Carew (Pembrokeshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 31 Dec 2025

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

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Taken: Fri, 11 Jul 2025

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Sat, 26 Jul 2025

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Baron's Haugh RSPB (Clyde)

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adult

Taken: Sun, 26 Jan 2025

Baron's Haugh RSPB (Clyde)

Uploaded: Wed, 09 Jul 2025

Photo: Davie Abraham

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Great Black-backed Gull

first-winter

Taken: Sat, 25 Jan 2025

Baron's Haugh RSPB (Clyde)

Uploaded: Wed, 09 Jul 2025

Throwing its' weight about!

Photo: Davie Abraham

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Brora (Highland and Caithness)

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Taken: Sun, 12 May 2024

Brora (Highland and Caithness)

Uploaded: Wed, 22 May 2024

Photo: Willie Carlyle

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Portmahomack (Highland and Caithness)

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Taken: Thu, 16 May 2024

Portmahomack (Highland and Caithness)

Uploaded: Wed, 22 May 2024

Photo: Willie Carlyle

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Scarborough (Yorkshire)

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Taken: Sun, 05 Nov 2023

Scarborough (Yorkshire)

Uploaded: Mon, 06 Nov 2023

Harbour

Photo: Glyn Sellors

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Mablethorpe (Lincolnshire)

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subadult

Taken: Tue, 22 Aug 2023

Mablethorpe (Lincolnshire)

Uploaded: Mon, 28 Aug 2023

Thinning out the local auk flock....

Photo: Dean Nicholson

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Rushall (West Midlands)

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Taken: Sat, 11 Feb 2023

Rushall (West Midlands)

Uploaded: Sat, 11 Feb 2023

Photo: Gaz Robinson

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Britford (Wiltshire)

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adult

Taken: Thu, 14 Jul 2022

Britford (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 10 Aug 2022

ON HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE

Photo: Robert Blamey

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Grafham Water (Cambridgeshire)

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second-summer

Taken: Tue, 09 Aug 2022

Grafham Water (Cambridgeshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 10 Aug 2022

two brutes together

Photo: John Nadin

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Brownsea Island (Dorset)

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first-summer

Taken: Fri, 03 Jun 2022

Brownsea Island (Dorset)

Uploaded: Sun, 05 Jun 2022

Bit of a runt & flavour 3!

Photo: Lorne Bissell

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Great Black-backed Gull

first-summer

Taken: Fri, 03 Jun 2022

Brownsea Island (Dorset)

Uploaded: Sat, 04 Jun 2022

Photo: Lorne Bissell

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Great Black-backed Gull

first-summer

Taken: Fri, 03 Jun 2022

Brownsea Island (Dorset)

Uploaded: Sat, 04 Jun 2022

Photo: Lorne Bissell

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Steeple Langford (Wiltshire)

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third-summer

Taken: Sat, 09 Apr 2022

Steeple Langford (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 13 Apr 2022

Photo: Michael Trew

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Great Black-backed Gull

third-summer

Taken: Sat, 09 Apr 2022

Steeple Langford (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 13 Apr 2022

Feathers bloodied from a recent meal

Photo: Michael Trew

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Longham, Bournemouth (Dorset)

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Taken: Mon, 04 Apr 2022

Longham, Bournemouth (Dorset)

Uploaded: Wed, 06 Apr 2022

Photo: Lorne Bissell

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

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Taken: Thu, 10 Oct 2019

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Thu, 10 Oct 2019

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Black-backed Gull

Taken: Mon, 12 Aug 2019

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 13 Aug 2019

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Stubber's Green (West Midlands)

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Taken: Sun, 04 Mar 2018

Stubber's Green (West Midlands)

Uploaded: Sun, 04 Mar 2018

Photo: Gaz Robinson

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Penzance (Cornwall)

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Taken: Mar 2016

Penzance (Cornwall)

Uploaded: Sat, 20 Jan 2018

saw this in penzance harbour car park 2 years ago , i watched it eat the lot.

Photo: Leslie Fox

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Willington (Derbyshire)

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first-winter

Taken: Sun, 19 Nov 2017

Willington (Derbyshire)

Uploaded: Wed, 29 Nov 2017

Photo: Tony Davison

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Bridlington (Yorkshire)

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juvenile

Taken: Sun, 12 Nov 2017

Bridlington (Yorkshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 21 Nov 2017

Photo: Tony Davison

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at North Shields (Northumberland)

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first-winter

Taken: Tue, 17 Jan 2017

North Shields (Northumberland)

Uploaded: Thu, 19 Jan 2017

Photo: David Elliott

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Great Black-backed Gull

juvenile

Taken: Sun, 28 Aug 2016

Steeple Langford (Wiltshire)

Uploaded: Sun, 28 Aug 2016

Photo: Michael Trew

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Draycote Water (Warwickshire)

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juvenile

Taken: Wed, 03 Aug 2016

Draycote Water (Warwickshire)

Uploaded: Thu, 04 Aug 2016

Photo: Dave Hutton

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Aust (Gloucestershire)

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adult

Taken: Fri, 11 Mar 2016

Aust (Gloucestershire)

Uploaded: Fri, 11 Mar 2016

Predation of rodents washed out of the grass by a high tide

Photo: Michael Trew

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Lerwick (Shetland)

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Taken: Sun, 21 Feb 2016

Lerwick (Shetland)

Uploaded: Sun, 21 Feb 2016

Fight over fish in Lerwick Harbour today!

Photo: Rebecca Nason

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Black-backed Gull

Taken: Wed, 14 Oct 2015

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Wed, 14 Oct 2015

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Black-backed Gull

Taken: Fri, 07 Aug 2015

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Thu, 20 Aug 2015

Photo: Richard Stonier

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog email

Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Radipole Lake RSPB (Dorset)

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adult

Taken: Wed, 16 Apr 2014

Radipole Lake RSPB (Dorset)

Uploaded: Wed, 16 Apr 2014

Photo: Michael Trew

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Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Hartlepool (Cleveland)

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juvenile

Taken: Sat, 30 Nov 2013

Hartlepool (Cleveland)

Uploaded: Sun, 01 Dec 2013

At Hartlepool Fish Quay

Photo: Tony Davison

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Black-backed Gull

adult

Taken: Sat, 30 Nov 2013

Hartlepool (Cleveland)

Uploaded: Sun, 01 Dec 2013

At Hartlepool Fish Quay

Photo: Tony Davison

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Black-backed Gull

Taken: Tue, 15 Oct 2013

St Mary's (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Fri, 25 Oct 2013

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Black-backed Gull

Taken: Fri, 10 Aug 2012

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 14 Aug 2012

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Black-backed Gull

Taken: Fri, 10 Aug 2012

Scilly pelagic (Isles of Scilly)

Uploaded: Tue, 14 Aug 2012

Photo: Richard Stonier

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog email

Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Lowestoft (Suffolk)

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immature

Taken: Sat, 01 Oct 2011

Lowestoft (Suffolk)

Uploaded: Sun, 02 Oct 2011

at Ness Point

Photo: Barry Woodhouse

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog

Great Black-backed Gull

Upload a photo of the Great Black-backed Gull at Skomer Island (Pembrokeshire)

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Taken: Sun, 26 Jun 2011

Skomer Island (Pembrokeshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 28 Jun 2011

Photo: Richard Stonier

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Great Black-backed Gull

Taken: Sun, 26 Jun 2011

Skomer Island (Pembrokeshire)

Uploaded: Tue, 28 Jun 2011

Photo: Richard Stonier

Photographer's	RBA gallery website/blog email



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