{"id":566,"date":"2012-07-12T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=566"},"modified":"2020-04-04T08:52:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T08:52:16","slug":"a-touch-of-the-mediterranean-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=566","title":{"rendered":"A Touch of the Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amongst the terns and Black-headed Gulls on Brownsea Island we came across one of the 450 pairs of Mediterranean Gulls that are thought to have made Britain their home since the first breeding attempt in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>With the blue sky, temperature of 80 degrees, sun block, shorts and tee shirt it even felt like the Mediterranean. Although\u00a0 superficially similar to a Black-headed Gull the Mediterranean Gull appeared to have more of a predatory instinct constantly flying over the terns looking for unattended eggs.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1436.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mediterranean Gull\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1436_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mediterranean Gull\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1363.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mediterranean Gull in flight\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1363_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mediterranean Gull in flight\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mediterranean Gull on nest\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1430_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mediterranean Gull on nest\" width=\"290\" height=\"193\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mediterranean Gull in flight\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1371_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mediterranean Gull in flight\" width=\"290\" height=\"193\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1402.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mediterranean Gull stealing an egg\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/DSC_1402_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mediterranean Gull stealing an egg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Hopefully next time we visit a Hoopoe or a pair of Bee-eaters will drop in <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-surprisedsmile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/lh5.ggpht.com\/-yMT8wuJUb5w\/T-Bqu0DBQqI\/AAAAAAAABLQ\/iJhnyErMZys\/wlEmoticon-surprisedsmile%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800\" alt=\"Surprised smile\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amongst the terns and Black-headed Gulls on Brownsea Island we came across one of the 450 pairs of Mediterranean Gulls that are thought to have made Britain their home since the first breeding attempt in 1968. 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