Weekly markets

Weekly market at Portoferraio

Curiosities about Elba and the Tuscan Archipelago
Herring gull (Larus michahellis)

The adult birds have white feathers, grey wings with black tips, yellow beak and claws. The young ones take at least 3 years to change their plumage to the adult's one, going through colour phases such as brown striped, and dark beak and claws. They nest in colonies, on all the islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, and each bird lays 2-3 light brown or greenish eggs with brown spots. The hatching takes about 25-27 days, after that the birds wander around the nest, and are able to take off about 40 days after.An adult lives in average for 10-15 years. The are omnivores, and they eat both dead and alive animals, vegetables as well as wastes and rubbish. They can also predate eggs, broods and adults of other smaller species of birds. In the Archipelago their population is around 15-16.000 couples.

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