Fun with Gulls

Duck!...No Seagull!

Took a Good Friday visit to Blashford Lakes, on a bright spring afternoon.  As spring starts, so does the battle for the best breeding sites.  This pair of black-headed gulls were laying claim to this floating raft on Ivy Lake, near the front of a hide.  They squawked at any attempted trespassers and flew often in circles round it.  Making a good platform to photograph this common seagull.

This first photo, I liked the expression of the bird already on the raft.

Duck!...No Seagull!
Duck!…No Seagull!

Here they both seemed to peer at their reflections.

Looking at our reflections
Looking at our reflections

A landing shot.

Black-headed Gull in Landing
Black-headed Gull in Landing

And one of the pair in flight.

Black-headed Gull in Flight
Black-headed Gull in Flight

 

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