Gulls & Terns in Newry and Mourne
Our list for Newry and Mourne has 6 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 passage migrant and 3 scarce visitors
Fewer birdwatchers' records come from Newry and Mourne than from better-watched areas, so this list is less complete. For a fuller picture, see the list for Northern Ireland.
All 6, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRegularly Feb
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusScarceCommon64–79 cm
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantCommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Common GullLarus canusScarceCommon40–46 cm
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaScarceCommon37–41 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Kittiwake 37–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Common Gull 40–46 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