Black headed gull

"Chroicocephalus ridibundus"

This small gull has a brown head not black as the name suggests. For most of the year it has a white head!

It is a noisy gull and is our most common gull.

It has red legs, red bill, and black wingtips.

It is around 35 to 38cm in length.

They have a wingspan of around 1 metre.

They weigh in at around 250 to 330g

They live on average around 11 years.

Black headed gull