Ring billed Gull on the slipway

A Ring billed Gull was among the Gulls at Nimmos pier in Galway , but no white winged gulls were here today, maybe we need a cold snap or a NW storm for them to come into harbour for winter.

3 top Gulls of Nimmos pier

Long distance travelers

These gulls have come to Ireland with the NW gales that have blown across the North Atlantic. Iceland Gull, Kumliens Iceland Gull and Ring billed Gull all hold up to the storms past.

 Nimmos pier offers food and shelter for opportunistic gulls.

Kumliens Gull

Iceland Gull

Ring billed Gull

Grey Heron

A patient Grey Heron perched on a rock at Nimmo pier,Galway..approachable city bird

Forsters Tern

Dont leave Nimmos without it....The Forsters Tern can be found on the streatch of beach roosting with gulls and Sandwitch terns

Common Gull at Nimmos

Also at Nimmos Pier were plentyful numbers of Common Gull , here is another portrait to compare with the earlier post of a Ring billed Gull

Ring billed Gull at Nimmos

Nimmos pier is a fantastic place to photograph gulls , todays venture was to find and photo a Ring billed gull , Armed with a Canon and some breadcrumbs....he shoots he scores

Galways` Forsters tern

A north american species , this vagrant has made Claddagh beach, Nimmo`s pier its home, hangs out with the sandwitch terns