Gulls & Terns in Wicklow
Our list for Wicklow has 15 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 3 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Wicklow in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisScarceUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentRare52–68 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 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