The brown-headed Black-Headed Gull springs forth
It’s spring and the Black-Headed Gulls are showing us just how unobservant the person who named them was. This one at RSPB …
Playful
If teenagers did this, would it be called play? Two young Black-Headed Gulls are playing chase with a piece of vegetation. It’s …
The return of J1P4
Hello! I’m back after a little time away, working and enjoying myself. It’s good to be back. It’s also good to see …
Non-breeding plumage
There’s a Black-Headed Gull on the lake in beautiful light. It’s still in winter plumage. As am I.
The brown-headed Black-Headed Gull
We’ve had a bit of weather recently, so having a modicum of sunshine is an unexpected joy. As is this Black-Headed Gull: …
The Chocolate-Headed Gull in breeding finery
There’s a Black-Headed Gull, with its chocolate-coloured-head, above me, in all of its breeding finery. I wish it well, but silently. I …
You can’t take your eyes off it for a second, but I did
There’s a Heron in the pond at Pennington Flash. It’s having what seems to be a lazy morning, except it’s rigid and …
J1P4 is back again
I was enjoying some local exercise at Newton Abbot Town Quay, when I spotted a Black-Headed Gull with a ring on its …
2021 highlights of a wilder Devon life – part 1
Looking back at my blogs from 2021 it’s clear that I had some great wildlife experiences and managed to document many of …
Black Headed Gull in a moving work of art
The reflections of the bridge across the River Lemon make wonderful dancing patterns around this Black-Headed Gull.
Black Headed Gulls
Gulls always look great against urban backdrops and bright colours. I photographed Herring Gulls on Bristol’s docks and loved the results. In …
One of my favourite photographs
This is one of my favourite photographs: Why? I like the shape of the body against the negative space which surrounds it …
1380 kilometres from home
We amble down to Newton Abbot Quay. There’s a raucous squabble under the bridge as Black Headed Gulls compete for food. “Look …
Take off
It seems that only one day in every seven is sunny at the moment. And the days are short. So I’ve got …
Black-Headed Gulls at the Quay
Staying local for your exercise is difficult if brownfield sites are built upon, public spaces are full and green spaces are privately …
J1P4
Before Instagram was a thing I used to crop many of my photographs square. I do love the balanced composition of a …
Gulls
This Herring Gull is magnificent. Look at the beak. It must be really missing chips and intimidation. This Black-Headed Gull is altogether …
Bird portraits at Stover Country Park
It’s cold and I fancy a walk. There are Black Headed Gulls at Stover Country Park. I love the way their toes …
Gulls in Weymouth
RSPB Lodmoor is in Weymouth on the south coast of England. I’m travelling through and have brought my camera for a few …
Last night’s mascara
Black Headed Gulls are so beautiful at this time of year. Looking closely at their eyes reveals long dark bristles. In summer …
I’m a Loon short of a full lake
I hear that there’s a Great Northern Diver, a type of bird frequently called a Loon everywhere apart from here, on a …
Miss Havisham
This Black Headed Gull has flown through a spider’s web and is trailing fine filaments behind it in this low evening sunshine. …
Gulls on the Tiber
I’m walking along the River Tiber in the centre of Rome. There’s an upturned boat in the water with a Yellow Legged …
A tasty morsel
There’s a juvenile Black Headed Gull in The Regent’s Park in London: They are very elegant but slightly bizarrely proportioned birds: This …
Black Headed Gulls at Fen Drayton Lakes
Many of my favourite birds to observe are common. Black Headed Gulls are: It doesn’t need to be rare to be interesting …
The First Ladybird Book of British Birds – #16 The Black Headed Gull
It’s Day 16 of turning the pages of this 1950s Ladybird book of British Birds to see what’s changed since it was …
Birds in the park
I’ve got a few hours spare this afternoon and the weather is bright. The forecasts are for dull weather for days, so …
Swallowing a flatfish
This gull is about to swallow this flatfish whole: I’m not sure I can watch.
A trip to London Zoo
There’s so much wildlife in The Regent’s Park that paying to go into London Zoo seemed almost wasteful. There were the Herons …