Gallery – Images of the seagulls at Mont Saint Michel

During our trip to Mont Saint Michel, we were able to observe seagulls and make some images of them. So far, everything normal, since we are on the coast. But the behavior of the birds had changed. The absence of visitors made them feel more confident on the Mount, and that’s where all these photos came from.

Mont Saint Michel Gulls

Curious facts about Mont Saint Michel seagulls that were captured on images

• Normally, the seagulls nest on the Tombelaine islet, which is next to Mont Saint Michel, this place does not receive visitors and has been preserved for birds and their reproduction.
• They measure up to 60 cm long.
• Because Mont Saint Michel was practically deserted due to restrictions and confinements, the birds took the opportunity to settle on the roofs of the mountain and create their nests there too.
• In the past, the birds came to the visited place only to acquire food.
• The species that we see in Mont Saint Michel is the herring gull.
• Gull eggs are green-gray in color, as can be seen in the photo. That egg was already in an abandoned condition.
• They usually lay two or three speckled eggs in nests made up of vegetation.
• In one of the photos, you can see the parents taking over to heat the eggs, the one sitting down gets up to make way for the other immediately after. So, the two can go get their food.
• Gulls acquire food from humans through both charity and theft (so watch your crêpes).
• Its average life expectancy is usually high, with a maximum age of forty-nine years for the herring gull
• They are ingenious, curious and intelligent birds.
• In addition to feeding on fish, crabs, clams, shrimp, rodents, among others, they can eat other birds and their eggs. In addition to eating garbage (or your crêpes).
• We can identify the young seagulls by their white and brown fur, we only saw them in the bay since they do not approach Mont Saint Michel, most likely the reason is not to approach humans.
• It is said that the sounds emitted by a seagull in one place are not the same as that of another that is hundreds of kilometers away.