Gulls & Terns in Renfrewshire
Our list for Renfrewshire has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Renfrewshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
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 marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusScarceUncommon25–30 cm
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