Gulls & Terns in Angus
Our list for Angus has 13 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 4 summer visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Angus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaSummer visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantCommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsScarceUncommon21–25 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Tern 21–25 cm
- Black Tern 22–26 cm
- Little Gull 25–30 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Arctic Tern 33–39 cm
- Sandwich Tern 36–41 cm
- Mediterranean Gull 37–40 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