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Private Lives: The Private Life of the Herring Gull

on BBC One London

A round-the-year story of an island colony of gulls in the Bristol Channel. As we follow them through the seasons, we delve into some of the intricacies of their lives: their subtle posturings, their feeding behaviour, and their mewing calls - so vitally meaningful to them, and to us an evocative reminder of seaside holidays.
The sturdy yet graceful herring gull is one of the few species in nature that is undergoing its own population explosion. It is one of the great successes of the bird world - some say too successful. Why have the numbers increased? Ought man to take action?
(from Bristol)

Contributors

Narrator/Producer:
Jeffery Boswall
Directed and filmed by:
Maurice Tibbles

BBC One London

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