BIRDS

GULLS AND TERNS

Common Gull Larus canus has greenish legs and a yellow bill. It is not very common inland despite the name. Occasional visitors to Hainault Lake normally only turn up in very small groups. Their diet consists on worms, insects, carron, fish and scraps.

In their first winter, Lesser Black-backed Gulls are pale-headed, the body is distinctly patterned and the bill is black.

Common Tern  Sterna hirundo are occasional summer visitors to Hainault Lake. They can be told apart from other types of Tern by the black bill tip. They hover above the water before diving to catch fish.