Little Gull
I visited Pugneys Country Park on the first of April to see if any of the previous day's Little Gulls were present. Fortunately there were three adults still present, but unfortunately the weather was awful. I managed to catch this one a split second before it picked an insect off the water's surface. You can see the characteristic black underwing and the pink flushed underparts, plus its delicate forceps-like bill. They are also the smallest gull in the world, being much smaller than Black-headed Gull. Photo-opportunities with Little Gulls are few and far between for me as they only briefly pass through inland Yorkshire en route to their Baltic breeding grounds.
Little Gull
I visited Pugneys Country Park on the first of April to see if any of the previous day's Little Gulls were present. Fortunately there were three adults still present, but unfortunately the weather was awful. I managed to catch this one a split second before it picked an insect off the water's surface. You can see the characteristic black underwing and the pink flushed underparts, plus its delicate forceps-like bill. They are also the smallest gull in the world, being much smaller than Black-headed Gull. Photo-opportunities with Little Gulls are few and far between for me as they only briefly pass through inland Yorkshire en route to their Baltic breeding grounds.