Gulls & Terns in North Ayrshire
Our list for North Ayrshire has 9 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Ayrshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 9, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
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–Oct
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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