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  1. 10-05-2009 #1
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    close up of black headed gull. digi-scoped at leighton moss rspb. its a very noisy time for these nesting gulls!!!
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    Great portraits Andy, they are handsome birds, shame about the noise though.
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    Yes Good captures.
    I often wonder why they are called Black headed gulls when they are brown.

    'The summer adult has a chocolate-brown head (not black, despite the name)'
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