SPPANS AL (1987) Remember: Stabilization of numbers of breeding at Herring Gull Larus argentatus. LIMOSA 60 (2): 99-99.

European Herring Gull Larus argentatus The Zilvermeeuw in the course of this century are throughout all greatly increased in number. The increase followed a period in which the numbers by persecution (hunting. gathering eggs) were significantly decreased. In our country allowed the species around the aileen century as a breeding bird in large numbers maintain birding, areas where the eggs according to an austerity plan and one is picked tended the goose that lays the golden egg to slaughter. When the seagulls and their breeding grounds in the beginning of this century more Protection received, the earliest species in the elevator. In 1926, when the first national census was held, were already a little 10 000 pairs were counted.

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