Ad sommerdragt. Hættemåge (Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

A selection of a few of the common species of birds at Gedser - for our wonderful Australian ringers.
Adult in breeding dress. Not the brown, NOT black, hood, the white incomplete eyering, and the blusish-grey upper winge coverts in contrast to the pure white outer primaries (with black tips).
Gedser Odde 01/04 2012
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