Black-headed Gull
Summer Plumage
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 10th April 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 20th February 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 9th March 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 5th May 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Winter Plumage
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 22nd January 2024 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Victoria Park on 8th January 2023 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Musselburgh on 6th February 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Balloch on 14th January 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Figgate Park on 22nd December 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 24th January 2024 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 17th December 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Female Winter Plumage
Taken at Musselburgh on 18th January 2009 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens.
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1st Cycle
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 1st January 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Strathclyde Park on 14th September 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
2nd Cycle
Taken at Strathclyde Park on 22nd January 2024 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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3rd Cycle
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 15th December 2022 using Panasonic Lumix TZ70 long shot.
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Lunch
Taken at Ythan Estuary on 30th June 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Belhaven Bay on 29th January 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Musselburgh on 31st January 2016 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Taken at Strathclyde Park on 19th December 2018 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Black-headed Gull.
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Local names:
Larus ridibundus.
Charadriiformes.
Laridae
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Breeds in colonies in large reedbeds or marshes, or on islands in lakes, nesting on the ground.
Dead plant material.
Scavanger in town, small invertebrates in fields.
Chocolate-brown head (not black, despite the name), pale grey body, black tips to the primary wing feathers and red bill and legs.
Notes on Gull identification

38-44cm
94-105 cm

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