The most widespread pink-legged gull in North America, the herring is common in the east and mainly a winter visitor in the west. Hybrids can be locally common (mainly in the wescat). Polytypic.

One Scottish council says it has plan to try and prevent the birds being a health and safety risk.

For starters, Ayyash said, focus on adult birds and get familiar with the most common species. Around here, that means Herring Gull and Ring-billed Gull, both year-round residents. A third ...

Herring gulls can be found "around our coasts and inland around rubbish tips, fields, large reservoirs and lakes, especially during winter", the RSPB says A nature reserve in a landlocked county ...

The site, managed by the trust and owned by Affinity Water, was "a vital roost site for five species of gulls" - including the great black-backed gull, lesser black-backed gull, herring gull ...

A nature reserve in a landlocked county has become a "vital" roosting site for five endangered species of gull. The Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust said its Hilfield Park Reservoir Nature ...