Gulls & Terns in Clare
Our list for Clare has 14 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 4 summer visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Clare in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, 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
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantCommon27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Sabine's Gull 27–33 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 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
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- European Herring Gull 55–67 cm
- Glaucous Gull 62–68 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