Species Detail - Common Gull (Larus canus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Larus canus
Common Gull
NBNSYS0000000354 RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
lacan
Linnaeus, 1758
Bird
Species
1436
280
99
17/06/1992
12/10/2025
1 January (recorded in 1982)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Gull (Larus canus), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/10164

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)