Except where stated, all of these pictures were taken by me in Mid-March at Maagen Mikhael fish ponds, north of Tel Aviv, Israel.
Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus, started to winter in Israel in the late Sixties, and now (1998) numbers at this site can be in the low-hundreds.

: juvenile (on water); from Germany in Sept. - added 04/06/00
: 2CY (on water) - with a pasted image of an adult armenicus at the same distance
: two 2CY (flying) in a group of armenicus - showing variation in greater coverts
: typical adult (flying)
: 4CY (flying)