Gulls & Terns in Flintshire
Our list for Flintshire has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 winter visitor and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Flintshire 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 ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantCommon36–41 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantCommon21–25 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
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