Gulls & Terns in Vale of Glamorgan
Our list for Vale of Glamorgan has 8 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 winter visitor and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vale of Glamorgan 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
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
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