The local gulls are now attaining their summer plumage - in the adult Herring Gulls this means a clean gleaming white bonce and, with the Black-headed, it means a nice chocolate brown hood (incidentally, the Danes have got it right - they call the Mediterranean Gull "Black-headed Gull" as it actually has a black head - our "Black-headed Gull" has a brown head).
The first Herring shot below was shaking its head - I like the water droplets captured (as it was a sunny day, the shutter speed was very high, freezing the motion).
Photos: Herring Gull (first two); and Black-headed Gull moulting into breeding plumage
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