Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalusAdult-summer, Belvide Reservoir, Staffs, July 2003 |

© S. Nuttall
Adult just starting to moult out of breeding plumage. Note jet black colour of dark hood (compared with chocolate brown hood in Black-headed Gull), the broken white eye-ring (forming white 'eye-lids') and the clear white wing-points.
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