Forecasting the weather

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17 Aug 2023 17:57 #7424 by Jim Wright
From an 1873 edition of The Zoologist magazine:

Of the black-headed gull John Cordeaux remarks: "I have frequently observed these gulls by hundreds hawking over our marshes for insects, such as the cranefly, also amongst the autumnal swarms of winged ants. 

"They not unfrequently perch on gates and rails. The gull is an unfailing weather prophet.

"When they soar high and fly round in circles, it is a certain sign of wind and rain within twenty-four hours. I hardly ever knew 
this indication fail."
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