Gulls & Terns in Louth
Our list for Louth has 15 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louth in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiScarceUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Forster's Tern 33–36 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Roseate Tern 33–41 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 cm
- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 cm
- Ring-billed Gull 43–54 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 cm
- European Herring Gull 55–67 cm
- Great Black-backed Gull 64–79 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made