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Quiz: How well do you know Irish gulls?
Don’t get in a flap about this.
WE’RE APPROACHING THE summer months, which means a particular resident of some towns and cities across Ireland will be making their presence felt.
It’s mating season for many species of gull, including the herring gull common on the streets of Dublin, which means those living in urban environments are setting up their nests.
But there is no need to fear: while some gulls are known for terrorising anyone with some food that they have their eye on, Birdwatch Ireland says it’s a minority of the population who have lost their respect for humans. Besides, we’re on their turf, not the other way around.
But let’s not tarnish all gulls with the same brush. Can you tell them all apart?
Let's get a classic out of the way. What gull is this?
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Seagull
Herring Gull
Dublin Gull
Grey Gull
And how about this gull, almost exactly the same as the last?
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That's also a herring gull
Yellow-legged gull
Tory gull
Lesser Gull
Who's this unit?
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Great black-backed gull
Smaller pink-backed gull
Tiny baby gull
It's another herring gull
This one might be a little obvious, if you think about it.
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An adolescent Spanish gull
An adolescent American gull
An adolescent Carlow gull
An adolescent Iceland gull
This character has an onomatopoeic name, the same as its call.
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Curlew
Kittiwake
AHHHH!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
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And this one?
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Okay now that's a herring gull again - but he's unwell :-(
Finally, another herring gull, but this is a juvenile
Now this, this is a Dublin gull
Common gull
Another one with a rather uncreative name.
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Small gull
Orange-legged gull
Black-headed gull
Common gull
But wait, who is this?
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Black-headed gull, again
A small herring gull
Little gull
White gull
Nothing special about this gull (on paper, at least)
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Common gull
Basic gull
Standard gull
Ordinary gull
Finally, what's her name?
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Caoimhe
Aoibheann
Cara
Eimear
Laoise
Clodagh
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You scored out of !
You are a powerful Pacific gull
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You scored out of !
You are a baby kittiwake
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You scored out of !
You're just a middle-of-the-road herring gull (no offence)
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You scored out of !
You're a pigeon - friend, or perhaps enemy, of the seagull
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You scored out of !
You're going to be eaten by a seagull
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