16 Oct 2025

Moment of Calm: Songs of the Seagulls

From Three to Seven, 6:42 pm on 16 October 2025
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Really quite handsome when it's not raiding the rubbish bin. Photo: floraandfauna.co.nz

Sure, they're scavengers, they're after your chips, they perch on statues and turn their heads white, but RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump has a soft spot for seagulls.

He's been trying to capture the calls of black backed gulls for a while, in the end, they came to him,

As he was having breakfast in his hotel room while staying near Dunedin's Octagon, Crump heard a commotion outside. 

Grabbing his opportunity he grabbed his microphone.

Sure, they might have just left another calling card on Robbie Burns' head, but they do sound rather splendid don't you think?

Bryan Crump and Robbie.

Bryan Crump and Robbie; not a gull in sight. Photo: Bryan Crump

 

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