Black-headed Gull

If all good nesting places in the reedbeds and tiny islands in the lake are fully occupied, you have to go somewhere else to make a nest, like this stump in the adjacent woodland f.e.

Location : Nature reserve ‘Molsbroek’ at Lokeren (Belgium)

Dutch name : Kokmeeuw
German name : Lachmöwe
Latin name : Chroicocephalus ridibundus (previous Larus ridibundus)

Here’s the place where it all happens :
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