In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the herring gull.

Herring Gull Larus argentatus with three chicks (Getty Images/aseppa)Now in this book, I will be honest, I find that many of these gull species look interchangeable.

In contrast to societal views that gulls are overabundant, gull populations are declining in parts of America, Canada and the U.K. Herring gull populations declined around 76% in North America ...

When Slater Mill opened in 1793, it signaled the eventual demise of river herring and other migratory fish in the Blackstone ...

The book’s introduction offers a framework for how to think about gulls as a group and explains their unique place in the avian world. ... Herring Gull, left, and Ring-billed Gull, right.

In winter, you’ll find plenty of herring gulls and ring-billed gulls, but others you might see this time of year include the great black-backed gull. This species has a black back that contrasts ...

The Herring Bridge, open to road traffic and pedestrians (Image: Denise Bradley) Construction of Lowestoft’s third crossing over Lake Lothing began in spring 2021, with the Gull Wing bridge ...

The herring gull is perhaps our archetypical ‘seagull’ and adaptable to human influences, is a born survivor. These big, long-lived, highly intelligent birds are equally at home on sea cliffs ...

When he included this image, from his early days shooting in Maine, in his 1997 book Sightings, Ralston titled it Glint, for the look in the herring gull’s eye. “It embodied the larger wariness I was ...

NEW BEDFORD — There’s a herring gull named Glen flying around the Whaling City, and he’s about to make his big debut in an upcoming children’s book.

In the 1930s, the U.S. government initiated a massive gull control program in New England where they destroyed over 800,000 herring gull and Great Black-backed gull eggs over the course of around ...