Species Detail - Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "eBIRD Bird Records for Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Larus marinus
Great Black-backed Gull
NBNSYS0000000036
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
lamar
Linnaeus, 1758
Bird
Species
35243
551
148
13/08/1961
31/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 1970)
31 December (recorded in 1986)
eBIRD, eBIRD Bird Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus), accessed 19 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/435/Species/10043