Belongs to: gulls

Little gull Larus minutus

Small dainty tern-like gull that feeds by picking up insects from surface of water

Habitat: freshwater marshes, sea, estuaries and shores

Passage migrant and scarce winter visitor; main numbers breed eastern Baltic

Pale grey and white upperparts; black head; small dark red bill; dark red legs; dark underwings

Feeds from surface of water, at a distance looking like a marsh tern

Eats insects, fish and invertebrates

Nest is made from reeds and rushes

1 Brood May to June; 3 pale green eggs blotched black