Black-headed gulls sizing each other up the other day. Or perhaps it's courtship. A summer day at the coast would feel somewhat lacking without these gulls making a ruckus nearby.

#blackheadedgull
#larusridibundus
#helsinki
#finland
#spring
#march

The #Wednesdaywaterbird is a black headed gull, as you can tell because its head is not black. It is #NotADuck

#BHG #BlackHeadedGull #Lachmöwe #LarusRidibundus #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UrbanBirding #LowCarbonBirding #Birding #Birds

The #WeekendWaterbird is fishing for compliments on its low level flying skills.

#BHG #BlackHeadedGull #Lachmöwe #LarusRidibundus #BirdsSeenIn2024 #RSPBTitchwell #Birding #Birds

#FourDuckFriday was badly photographed on my mobile telephone. It also has company.

#Duck #DuckOfTheDay #Mallard #AnasPlatyrhynchos #BlackHeadedGull #LarusRidibundus #Lachmöwe #BirdsSeenIn2025 #UrbanBirding #LowCarbonBirding #Birding #Birds

For this week's #ThrowbackThursday, I present this little #BlackHeadedGull chick. Admire the fluff!

#ChroicocephalusRidibundus #LarusRidibundus

The sun is shining and spring is clearly at our doorstep. It seemed fitting to choose this image from a #BlackHeadedGull colony for #ThrowbackThursday, even though it'll be a few more weeks before they start breading this year. I took this picture in 2008 on Baltrum.

#ChroicocephalusRidibundus #LarusRidibundus

The warmest days of the year so far in Helsinki, but soon the temperature will drop dramatically. No rest for the camera shutter before that, so I walked through the Pikku Huopalahti neighborhood once again yesterday. There were a lot people out and about, and wildlife too – such as Canada geese, barnacle geese and black-headed gulls.

#spring
#april
#helsinki
#pikkuhuopalahti
#finland
#canadagoose
#brantacanadensis
#barnaclegoose
#brantaleucopsis
#blackheadedgull
#larusridibundus