Gulls & Terns in Meath
Our list for Meath has 10 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 winter visitor, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Meath in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentCommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaScarceUncommon33–39 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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