Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

1,031,320Records since 2000

AprilPeak month

127Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan98,591

Feb75,844

Mar87,013

Apr99,358

May98,052

Jun84,424

Jul80,827

Aug88,851

Sep82,024

Oct87,066

Nov73,123

Dec74,472

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	South Ayrshire	Scotland	71,115
2	Norfolk	England	41,609
3	Kent	England	39,536
4	Cornwall	England	37,730
5	Suffolk	England	33,542
6	Cambridgeshire	England	31,769
7	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	25,695
8	Dorset	England	22,156
9	Highland	Scotland	20,717
10	Essex	England	19,354
11	Devon	England	17,140
12	Surrey	England	14,687
13	North Yorkshire	England	14,408
14	Shetland Islands	—	12,488
15	Sefton	England	12,129

756,770 England205,300 Scotland49,583 Wales9,181 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 1,031,320
Peak month: April
Counties with records: 127
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Larus argentatus
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 289,282
Most recorded in: South Ayrshire, Norfolk, Kent, Cornwall, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Dorset, Highland, Essex, Devon, Surrey +114
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Larus
Name with authority: Larus argentatus Pontoppidan, 1763
Described: 1763
Contributing datasets: 70