Birds flying with gulls

[slinkycat]

A couple of times in the last week when I've been walking the dog down the local field at dusk a huge flock of seagulls has passed overhead,maybe making their way to the local reservoir.
I'm talking of hundreds coming over in waves, but what I don't understand is that though a lot of them look herring gull size, there are other groups with them that are much smaller. Hubby said maybe they are young ones, but I'm not convinced, young gulls are almost as big as adults and these are a lot smaller, any thoughts?

[boxtops]

Mike, I have actually seen someone wearing one of these - not anti-seagull, but walking on Dartmoor....

[mike11111]

I suppose they could catch on. I know that when umbrellas were first invented they caused great amusement; anyone using one, no matter how heavy the rain, was roundly mocked, but that was nearly 200 years ago.

[askyourgran]

I think it is legal Mike the seagulls are a menace in summer when all the visitors throw their food about. The men go up in mechanical buckets and take the eggs I didn't see any seagulls 'in residence' at the time. I suppose its better than netting or poison and safer than shooting them. Residents are willing to pay to keep the numbers down.