BLACK-HEADED GULL

Black-headed Gull in winter plumage.

442             BLACK-HEADED GULL          Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Britain          (13)

Breeds in much of Europe and Asia, also coastal eastern Canada, some birds also winter in ne North America, where it was formerly known as Common Black-headed Gull. 38-44 cm, 94-105 cm. The eggs of the Black-headed Gull are considered a delicacy in the UK and are eaten hard boiled. Cheer in Watershed Downs was a Black-headed Gull. In the 1990s a Black-headed Gull was sighted in Broome, Australia by Brian Kane