Gulls & Terns in Warwickshire
Our list for Warwickshire has 14 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 4 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Warwickshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Apr–May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 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