Gulls & Terns in Fermanagh
Our list for Fermanagh has 6 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 passage migrant and 2 scarce visitors
All 6, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Common GullLarus canusScarceCommon40–46 cm
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesScarceCommon52–60 cmRegularly Dec
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 cm
- Iceland Gull 52–60 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- European Herring Gull 55–67 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