Species Detail - Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "General Biodiversity Records from 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 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
3
1
1
01/01/2020
31/12/2022
1 January (recorded in 1970)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, General Biodiversity Records from Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus), accessed 24 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/7/Species/10044

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)