Gulls & Terns in East Dunbartonshire
Our list for East Dunbartonshire has 4 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors and 2 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in East Dunbartonshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusSummer visitorCommon55–67 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–May
Smallest to largest
Length, 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
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