Gulls & Terns in West Midlands
Our list for West Midlands has 9 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 2 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Midlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Jan–Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentRare37–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Jan
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