Gulls & Terns in Bridgend
Our list for Bridgend has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bridgend in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisScarceUncommon36–41 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