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European herring gull

Length

0.54 to 0.6 m (54 to 60 cm)

Wingspan

1.3 to 1.5 m (130 to 150 cm)

Weight

0.76 to 1.26 kg (adults, 5th to 95th percentile (average 970.6 g))

Lifespan in the wild

12 years (typical life expectancy of a bird that reaches breeding age)

Lives in

Iceland, Ireland, UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and 13 more places