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Common Gull Breeding

I've just had this year's first counting of nests by our house. I found two common gull nests (Larus canus) with 3 eggs in each, and two nests without eggs yet, that seemed to be built recently.

I guess and hope there are even more new nests that I haven't noticed, since many of the old spots were empty. I disturb them as little as possible and only take a couple of rounds of counting a year.

Sadly the American mink among others destroys several nests. I guess that's the reason the oystercatchers seems to have given up laying eggs in the sand here. At least the common gulls have some more clever spots to place some of their nests.

I haven't photographed them in some years, so here is one from the archive from one of the spots I checked this evening.

(Fiskemåke-reir, in Norwegian)

I have more nest photos from this place, in the links below the line.

My album of birds and nests here.

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Taken on: June 21, 2017

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Sets appears in: • Dalane (where I live now)

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