with Tony Soper
The last of seven guides to birds The Gull Family
The star of Desert Island Discs has a reputation to live down. Far from being a seagull, a bird of the wide oceans, most gulls are coastal birds. Indeed, many have now come further inland to take advantage of man, feeding on rubbish tips and nesting on city rooftops.
Research ROBIN PRYTHERCH
Film editor CHARLES ALDRIDGE
Producer DILYS BREESE. BBC Bristol Preview: page 17
(Bird of the Week, Friday 11.50 am, R4)