Two Mediterranean Gulls together with Black-headed Gulls off Athens, Greece, March 2010
The
above picture shows in part the incongruity of the English name for
this species - Mediterranean gull is the one with the black head. The
Black-headed gull have dark brown heads. Another thing wrong with the
name is that this bird is not actually that common over much of the
Mediterranean - the Norwegians call it "Black Sea Gull" which is to me
a better name.
For more information about birding in the Mediterranean see here.
For more information about birding the Black Sea see here.
For more information about birding in the Mediterranean see here.
For more information about birding the Black Sea see here.
Picture taken
using a digital SLR camera with a 400mm
telephoto lens (hand held)