Confused Common Gull

"WHY IS THIS WATER SO HARD?!"

p.s. Lipstick in large?

p.p.s. This is a common gull, not a herring gull as previously titled: as Mollyblobs says, the yellow legs give it away. The herring gulls were also mature and sporting their brown winter plumage, so looked rather more raptorial than this gull. Thank you Mollyblobs!