Species Detail - Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) - 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 fuscus
Lesser Black-backed Gull
NBNSYS0000000037
RecommendedWell-formed
Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern || Threatened Species: Birds of Conservation Concern >> Birds of Conservation Concern - Amber List
lafus
Linnaeus, 1758
Bird
Species
23456
692
170
18/06/1959
31/12/2024
1 January (recorded in 1970)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
eBIRD, eBIRD Bird Records for Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus), accessed 19 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/435/Species/10044