The following lists include:

• printed documents used as source material for the data included in tables and figures
• previous publications including information on the status of gulls in the West Midlands region
• key publications relating to the status, taxonomy and identification of gulls
• useful website links relating to gulls
• acknowledgements

Principal Source documents:

Harrison  G.R., Dean  A.R., Richards  A.J. & Smallshire  D. 1982. The Birds of the West Midlands. West Midland Bird Club.

Harrison G.R & Harrison, J.V. 2005.  The New Birds of the West Midlands. West Midland Bird Club.

West Midland Bird Club. 1979 - 2005. West Midland Bird Reports 46 - 72. West Midland Bird Club.

Previous publications relevant to gulls in the West Midlands Region:

Dean, A.R. & Dean, B.R. 1976. Glaucous and Iceland Gulls in the West Midlands. British Birds 69: 179 - 180.

Dean, A.R. 1984. Origins and distribution of British Glaucous Gulls. British Birds 77: 165 - 166.

Dean, A.R. 1987. Seasonality of Herring Gulls in the West Midlands. British Birds 80: 632 - 633.

Dean, A.R. 1989. Status of Mediterranean Gull in the West Midlands Region. West Midland Bird Report 55: 34 - 39.

Dean, A.R. 2004. Status of Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis in the West Midlands region. West Midland Bird Report ( for 2002 )  69: 234 - 249.

Green, G.H. 1977. Wintering gulls in Worcestershire and Warwickshire, Progress Report 1. (printed for limited circulation).

Green, G.H. 1978. Wintering gulls in Worcestershire and Warwickshire, Progress Report 2. (printed for limited circulation).

Hume, R.A. 1976. Inland records of Kittiwakes. British Birds 69: 62 - 63.

Hume, R.A. 1978. Variations in Herring Gulls at a Midland roost. British Birds 71: 338 - 345.

Stewart, P. 1997. Wintering Gulls in Worcestershire. (printed for limited circulation).

Selected key texts on identification and taxonomy of gulls:

Garner, M., Quinn, D., & Glover, B. 1997. Identification of Yellow-legged Gulls in Britain. British Birds 90: 25 - 62, 369 - 383.

Grant, P.J. 1986. Gulls:  a guide to identification. Second edition. London.

Jonsson, L. 1998. Yellow-legged Gulls and yellow-legged Herring Gulls in the Baltic. Alula 4: 74 - 100.

Olsen K.M. & Larsson, H. 2003. Gulls of Europe, Asia and North America. London.

Jonsson, L. 1998a. Baltic Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus fuscus - moult, ageing and identification. Birding World 11: 295 - 317.

Yesou, P. 2002. Systematics of Larus argentatus - cachinnans - fuscus complex revisited. Dutch Birding 24: 271 - 298.

Other relevant texts:

Coulson, J. C., Monaghan, P., Butterfield, J. E. L., Duncan, N., Ensor, K., Shedden, C., & Thomas, C. 1984. Scandinavian Herring Gulls wintering in Britain. Ornis Scand. 15: 79-88.

Stanley, P. I, Brough, T., Fletcher, M. R., Horton, N., Rochard, J. B. A. 1981. The origins of Herring Gulls wintering inland in south-east England. Bird Study 28: 123-132.

Wernham, C.V., Toms, M.P., Marchant, J.H., Clark, J.A., Siriwardena, G.M. & Baillie, S.R. (eds). 2002. The Migration Atlas: movements of the birds of Britain and Ireland. London

Useful websites:

As well as being of great interest in its own right, Rudy's Gull-index also provides an index for linking to a variety of other gull-related websites.

Rudy's Gull-index  (http://www.xs4all.nl/~calidris/gullindex.htm)

Martin Reid's website  (http://www.martinreid.com/gullinx.htm)

Dick's Birds  (http://www.magikbirds.com/)

Acknowledgements:

Principal thanks go to all those gull-watchers who have generated the underlying data upon which this site is based. Many of these observers are members of the West Midland Bird Club and their observations have been incorporated into the club's Annual Reports, which have provided a principal source of raw data for analysis. Anyone interested in gulls (or any other species!) in the West Midlands Region should most certainly become a member of the West Midland Bird Club. See the club's website for further details.

Many thanks go to Roger Clay, John Harris, John Judge, John Mallinson, Steve Nuttall, Steve Seal, Peter Stewart and Andy Warr for permission to use their images of some scarcer gulls photographed in the region. Their photographs significantly enhance the breadth of interest of the 'Picture Gallery'.

For miscellaneous information, assistance and advice I am grateful to Adrian Dally, Martin Garner, Dick Newell, Peter Rock, and Peter Stewart, and for suggestions regarding improvements to the website I thank Dave Emley and Andy Mabbett.

Alan R. Dean