Talk:European herring gull

message: Yeah, I actually wrote most of it (heh) - but this article really does need more content discussing EHGs elsewhere in the world, if anyone is able to oblige. I don't suppose that urban gulls are unique to the UK, for example - however, I haven't really been able to find out much else about the EHG and its behaviour/impact in other locations... --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 21:30, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a commonplace weakness of many articles of species of similar range - I suspect European Robin and the Jackdaw have similar issues which I have tried to balance what I can.Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:46, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  At the moment, this article is basically 'European Herring Gulls in the UK' 

message: For some reason the author wrote that the Herring Gull is " the most abundant and best known of all gulls along the shores of western Europe". It also happens to be the most abundant bird(not just gull) on the shores of the Black Sea. I live in Bulgaria, and we have a lot of them. I've also seen them in Romania and Turkey. I believe they live everywhere near the seas. So the article must be edited and the misleading map removed.
Peevpl (talk) 22:40, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong information 

message: For some reason the author wrote that the Herring Gull is " the most abundant and best known of all gulls along the shores of western Europe". It also happens to be the most abundant bird(not just gull) on the shores of the Black Sea. I live in Bulgaria, and we have a lot of them. I've also seen them in Romania and Turkey. I believe they live everywhere near the seas. So the article must be edited and the misleading map removed.
Peevpl (talk) 22:40, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Are there any actual sources that states which regions the gull lives in? As I am sure your right about them living there, i think this section needs a more comprehensive rewrite or something.MilkStraw532 (talk) 22:50, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

text: Are you sure that those birds aren't Caspian Gulls? Sometimes the Caspian Gull is still listed as a subspecies of the Herring Gull (and stated as being a 'Herring Gull'), sometimes (as it is on WP) the Herring Gull is split into various different full species, per the Association of European Rarities Committees list. TBH, I'm not sure when this was decided on here and how/why the decision was arrived at. Might be an idea to ask at WP:BIRDS... --Kurt Shaped Box (talk) 23:12, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wrong information 

message: There about here in NJ and the USA. Why no mention of that?
Norm Mikalac  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.166.47.249 (talk) 18:13, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Because the gull in North America is the American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) — a different species. MeegsC (talk) 21:30, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plenty of Larus argentatus in NJ 

message: I have a couple of Herring gulls that I have developed quite a connection with. It doesn't mention it in the article but they have been returning to the same nest site for the last 4 years and have stayed as a mating pair together for the 4 years I have been observing them.
 The female is a very gentle natured creature and will stay observing and will actually try to engage with me for a good while several times a day.
 she is intensely curious, strikingly intelligent and I find fascinating to observe.
faderdes 24/6/2015Faderdes (talk) 19:03, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  breading pairs 

message: In Whitby, last week I saw an official Whitby town council/Borough of Scarborough notice warning against feeding gulls.  To my astonishment it then listed black headed gull, greater black backed, lesser black backed, Mediterranean, common and kittiwake all as amber protection status and the herring gull as red. Anyone know where this has come from?  I have a photo if anyone doubts it. JRPG (talk) 18:32, 26 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Whitby 

message: This whole section is a bit of a mess with a lack of citations, contradictions (the gulls are apparently both declining and increasing in numbers), weasel words and duplicated information 51.52.43.171 (talk) 15:18, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Interaction with humans