Post date: 27 December 2025
In May this year I exhibited 10 photos from my Crows of Weymouth Beach series at the Dublin Street Photography Festival. It was my first visit to the city since June 1989.
I also had a couple of images in the Singles exhibition… (The prominent "tiny child" print is by Julachart Pleansanit, Thailand, who won second prize, Singles.)
Martin Parr (RIP) was in attendance, and the organisers did a great job with the Festival.
Seagulls are increasingly in the news in the UK, as their behaviour towards humans seems to be getting more aggressive every year, especially in seaside locations. They dive-bomb humans to snatch food such as chips and ice-cream cones. Looking through my archives, I have about 80 images featuring the birds, and I've posted a small selection below. "Seagull" is catch-all term for various species of gull at the seaside. The ones here are all the commonly seen herring gull (Larus argentatus), apart from the black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in Bournemouth.
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| Gulls eating chips in Weymouth, UK. |
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| Gull eating a nice-looking pizza in Brighton. |
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| Gull eating spilt ice-cream in Weymouth. |
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| Young gull eating a pot of ice-cream in Weymouth |
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| Black-headed gulls investigating in Bournemouth. |
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| A young gull pondering existence in Weymouth. |
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| Gull featuring in a tableau in Weymouth. |
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| A gull taking off in Weymouth, next to the Pier Bandstand. |
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| A gull looking at its reflection at The Fish Place, Weymouth. |
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| Early evening one seagull scene in Weymouth. |
A brief edit of my series, "The Crows of Weymouth Beach"...
