Gull

Gulls, often referred to as seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera. An older name for gulls is mew, cognate with German Möwe, Danish måge, Dutch meeuw, and French mouette; this term can still be found in certain regional dialects.

Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls, stout, longish bills, and webbed feet. Most gulls, particularly Larus species, are ground-nesting carnivores, which take live food or scavenge opportunistically. Live food often includes crabs and small fish. Gulls have unhinging jaws which allow them to consume large prey. Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea. The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls. Large white-headed gulls are typically long-lived birds, with a maximum age of 49 years recorded for the herring gull.

Gull (dinghy)

The Gull sailing dinghy was designed by Ian Proctor in 1956, originally as a frameless double-chine plywood boat. However, it has been through several incarnations: the wooden Mark I, GRP Mark III, GRP Gull Spirit and GRP Gull Calypso. Today it is popular with sailing schools, especially in the UK.

The original prototype Gull (the "Jolly Roger") was built by Ian Proctor to teach his own children the skills of dinghy sailing. This became a production boat, often built from a kit, and produced by Smallcraft of Blockley. A GRP version was produced from 1966 but, being a near-exact copy of the wooden boat, was not well suited to GRP manufacture.

A Mark II was introduced as a cheaper GRP version without a permanent fore-deck, but did not prove very popular. The original boats became known as Mark 1 and wooden boats, probably mainly from kits, continued to be built to this specification. In the late 1970s a Mark 3 was produced, starting with no 1800. This was a radical redesign featuring a round bilge hull, greater beam and side decks. The design was optimised for and only available in GRP. Few wooden boats are believed to have been built after the Mk3 came out.

Gull (disambiguation)

A gull is a bird in the family Laridae.

Gull or gulls may also refer to:

Biology

  • Cepora, a genus of butterflies commonly called the Gulls
  • Business

  • Gull Petroleum
  • Gull (record label), a UK record label active between 1974 and 1984
  • Geography

  • Gull Glacier
  • Gull Island (disambiguation)
  • Gull Lake (disambiguation)
  • Gull River (disambiguation)
  • People

  • Ernests Gulbis, a Latvian tennis player nicknamed "The Gull"
  • Sir William Gull, 1st Baronet, a prominent 19th century English physician
  • Haji Alam Gull Kuchi (21st century), Afghan parliamentarian representative
  • Sports

  • Salt Lake City Gulls, a former AAA minor league baseball team (1975–84)
  • Newport Gulls, a summer collegiate baseball franchise currently in the NECBL
  • Transportation

  • Gull (dinghy), a sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor, in 1956
  • Bonney Gull, an airplane with folding wings designed by Leonard Warden Bonney
  • Gull wing, an aircraft's wing configuration with a prominent bend somewhere along the span, similar to that of a seagull
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    7 1-2 Years

    by: Gil

    I just hung up the phone
    I was talking to you
    We said good bye
    I sat down and cry
    Coz' I remembered the things
    That we've done
    When we were sitting together
    And our love has begun
    For more and more
    I want to go back in time
    I'll always love you
    I hope you know
    But on and on
    I need to wait
    Chorus:
    7 1/2 years that was our pact
    7 1/2 years there is no turning back
    7 1/2 years till I get to see you again
    I am looking at the pictures
    Of me and you
    Both of us were smiling
    For this damn photo-shoot
    That was the day when it all began
    But all I want to now
    Is to see you again
    For more and more
    I want to go back in time
    I'll always love you
    I hope you know
    But on and on
    I need to wait




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