Gulls & Terns in East Riding of Yorkshire
Our list for East Riding of Yorkshire has 18 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 8 summer visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Riding of Yorkshire 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
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusSummer visitorCommon37–40 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorCommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov
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
- 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
- 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