2 thoughts on “Taken a picture on Sunday of Gull with Orange legs and beak”
Ahh, following our conversation last night, I now know who Bittern2022 is! Plumage and leg/beak colour is how most of us start to identify birds. A Robin is that smallish brown bird with an orange front, a blackbird is black and so on. But that only takes us so far. As you know, bird often vary their colours based on age, season and gender. When non-birders are walking with me and ask what that brown bird is, and I say ‘blackbird’ they may say ‘but it isn’t black’, and I tell them it’s a juvenile, or a female. It’s a challenge for sure, and gulls are particularly tricky, but we need to get beyond colour and also not behaviour, vocalisations, size and structure. Not that I am an expert, esp on gulls! As you have found, BHGs start with quite bright orange legs and bill as juveniles and these parts get darker for adults in breeding season.
Glamorgan Bird Club 
Ahh, following our conversation last night, I now know who Bittern2022 is! Plumage and leg/beak colour is how most of us start to identify birds. A Robin is that smallish brown bird with an orange front, a blackbird is black and so on. But that only takes us so far. As you know, bird often vary their colours based on age, season and gender. When non-birders are walking with me and ask what that brown bird is, and I say ‘blackbird’ they may say ‘but it isn’t black’, and I tell them it’s a juvenile, or a female. It’s a challenge for sure, and gulls are particularly tricky, but we need to get beyond colour and also not behaviour, vocalisations, size and structure. Not that I am an expert, esp on gulls! As you have found, BHGs start with quite bright orange legs and bill as juveniles and these parts get darker for adults in breeding season.
Thing back, some mention about BHG orange legs once we seen it , i never forget – thanks