Black-headed Gulls rest at low tide. In winter they loose their distinctive head plumage and only show a sooty coloured ear patch.

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Black-headed Gulls rest at low tide. In winter they loose their distinctive head plumage and only show a sooty coloured ear patch. As spring approached the black heads come with the moult

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Size: 6500px × 4482px
Location: Scarborough, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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