Gulls & Terns in Waterford
Our list for Waterford has 9 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Waterford in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, 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
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentCommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
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