Gulls & Terns in Kerry
Our list for Kerry has 15 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 summer visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kerry 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
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 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 tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisPassage migrantCommon43–54 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantCommon62–68 cmRegularly Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Jul
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 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
- 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