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Derby Tup
Derby Tup
May 2017
6:09pm, 31 May 2017
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Derby Tup
We've been 'house hunting' for three days. We need more space, would like a bigger garden than our current home, but crucially there must be curlew, oyks and lapwing close by heart
NDWDave
NDWDave
May 2017
6:16pm, 31 May 2017
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NDWDave
Not huge. They have grey wings with black wing tips and a white head.
J2R
J2R
May 2017
8:27pm, 31 May 2017
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J2R
My experience of Norway is that there are lots of common gulls there. Despite the name, they're not that common here at all - black-headed, herring and lesser black-backed gulls are, I think, far more common.
NDWDave
NDWDave
May 2017
8:38pm, 31 May 2017
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NDWDave
It does look like pictures of common gulls
bonners
bonners
May 2017
9:37pm, 31 May 2017
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bonners
Plenty of curlew and lapwings in North Wales Derby. Not sure about the oyks!
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
May 2017
9:41pm, 31 May 2017
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Derby Tup
We get common gulls here around the dales and Bronte country in winter. They're like an elegant 60% sized gentle herring gull if that makes sense. I love meds, lbbg and commons
Derby Tup
Derby Tup
May 2017
9:43pm, 31 May 2017
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Derby Tup
^ bonners, someone claimed they "had a big old owl come and sit in our tree every night". Tempting, but the parking situation wasn't great and there was a pressing need for a re-wire :-(
alpenrose
alpenrose
May 2017
10:05pm, 31 May 2017
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alpenrose
Do you want to stay in the village DT?
J2R
J2R
Jun 2017
9:48am, 1 Jun 2017
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J2R
DT, interesting, never thought of common gulls as an inland bird. I have to say my favourite gull is the herring gull, simply because its call is the sound of childhood seaside holidays for me, very nostalgic!
flanker
flanker
Jun 2017
11:47am, 1 Jun 2017
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flanker
common gulls just look so much friendlier than most other gulls.

we're also about to start house hunting in your neck of the woods DT, or maybe on the bottom edge of the Dales. Our criteria are similar, but with the addition of nearby access to decent trails/fells to train on and apparently a good nearby parkrun. Would help if there was also some employment of some sort!

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