Gulls & Terns in Dundee
Our list for Dundee has 6 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Dundee in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusResidentCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisScarceUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sandwich Tern 36–41 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