Gulls & Terns in Denbighshire
Our list for Denbighshire has 9 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 1 passage migrant and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Denbighshire 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
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Jul
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusScarceUncommon37–40 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