Gulls & Terns in Munster
Our list for Munster has 18 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Munster in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, 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
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantUncommon27–33 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantRare21–25 cmRegularly Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 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
- Ring-billed Gull 43–54 cm
- Iceland Gull 52–60 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Yellow-legged Gull 52–68 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