Black headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight over water flowers. Common visitor to the garden. Adaptation into urban areas appears to date only to the 'Little Ice-Age', a run of cold-winters in the 1880s and 1890s. Factory workers would feed the birds scraps during their lunch hours.
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Black headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight over water flowers, Lancashire, UK
Black headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight over water flowers. Common visitor to the garden. Adaptation into urban areas appears to date only to the 'Little Ice-Age', a run of cold-winters in the 1880s and 1890s. Factory workers would feed the birds scraps during their lunch hours.

Filename: Black headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight over water flowers_UFP3440RM.tiff
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Date: 2 Jul 2010
Location: Blackpool Lancashire, North West UK
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