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Coastal marshes
Mediterranean
seems to be a young adult gull, can´t tell ...
Probably Black headed gulls.
Coastal Marshes
Coastal marshes
Coastal marshes
Synonym: Larus melanocephalus. Greek name: Μαυροκέφαλος γλάρος.
The Black-headed Gulls actually have brown ...
Second winter plumage moulting to second summer plumage.
Some authorities are changing this to Ichthyaetus Genus but not all have done ...
Told from the similar Mediterranean
A number of these are breeding on and around this lagoon, mixed in with a ...
-headed Gulls.
between a Black-headed Gull (which ...
In the first picture the Black-headed Gulls ...
and beyond a white tail in breeding plumage. The very similar
This is essentially a Mediterranean variant ...
Black-headed Gulls actually have a brown ...
The birds extreme left and extreme right of the middle band of the picture. The ...
Unlike the Black-headed Gull, which has a ...
These can look very similar to Black-headed
-tips being Black-headed Gulls!
Separated from the Black-headed Gull by the ...
The black wing tips with white leading edge separate this from the similar ...
are actually a very dark brown which can clearly be seen when they stand next ...
A typical Yellow-legged Gull (Larus ...
-headed Gulls with which it often ...
Large white headed gull, with white body ...
of southern Europe, on the coasts of the
Small white gull, up to 40cm in length. ...
Adult can be told from the very similar Black-headed
This gull was only recently recognized as ...
Breeding alongside Black-headed Gulls but ...
of southern Europe, on the coasts of the
of southern Europe, on the coasts of the