Gulls & Terns in Shropshire
Our list for Shropshire has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Shropshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoScarceRare31–35 cm
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentRare37–40 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
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