Yellow-legged Gull

Yellow-legged Gull standing on the beach next to the ocean.
Yellow-legged Gull, Playa del Reducto, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain, July 27, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1000; f/10; 1/800 sec.

This page is for the Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis). These birds were everywhere on the Canary Islands. I think I saw them every day of my nine day visit (and I took pictures of them most days).

Two Yellow-legged Gulls standing on some rocks in the ocean not far from the beach.
Yellow-legged Gull, Playa del Reducto, Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain, July 27, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/800 sec.
Yellow-legged Gull flying overhead.
Yellow-legged Gull, LZ-202 Haria, Lanzarote, Spain, July 27, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/2000 sec.
Yellow-legged Gull flying slightly overhead.
Yellow-legged Gull, Yaiza, Lanzarote, Spain, July 28, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
Immature Yellow-legged Gull wading in the shallow water.
Yellow-legged Gull, LZ-30 Yaiza, Lanzarote, Spain, July 28, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
Yellow-legged Gull soaring nearby at the top of a sea cliff.
Yellow-legged Gull, Via sin nombre La Oliva, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain, July 29, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1600; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
Yellow-legged Gull soaring nearby and moving away.
Yellow-legged Gull, Via sin nombre La Oliva, Fuerteventura, Canarias, Spain
July 29, 2023 Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/1600 sec.
Yellow-legged Gull soaring over the water but slightly below the photographer's viewing point on a cliff.
Yellow-legged Gull, Charco del Viento, Tenerife, Spain, August 1, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-800; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Yellow-legged Gull perched on a volcanic rock overlooking a small bay.
Yellow-legged Gull, Charco del Viento, Tenerife, Spain, August 2, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/10; 1/800 sec. -0.3 exposure bias