There were two Glaucous Gulls at Cloghane Estuary yesterday, but one of those should be seen as a valuable life-lesson to all the kids and aspiring young birders out there.
Glaucous Gull, Cloghane Estuary, 20th April 2018 (M.O'Clery).
Because this is what happens when you repeatedly stick your head into the stomach cavity of the rotting corpse of a dead seal pup to gorge yourself on putrid flesh.
So, don't do it, kids.
Just STOP.
NOW.
Glaucous Gull, Cloghane Estuary, 20th April 2018 (M.O'Clery).
