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Ring-billed Gull

Larus delawarensis

1,313Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
53Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan330
Feb328
Mar194
Apr73
May41
Jun18
Jul12
Aug39
Sep20
Oct50
Nov59
Dec148

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England181
2Southend-on-Sea England112
3North Lanarkshire Scotland56
4City of Edinburgh Scotland55
5Sefton England33
6Suffolk England30
7Perth and Kinross Scotland30
8Dorset England26
9Kirklees England24
10Gloucestershire England17
11Bath and North East Somerset England17
12Rutland England15
13Highland Scotland13
14Shetland Islands —12
15Mid and East Antrim Northern Ireland11
1,023 England228 Scotland24 Wales33 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,313
Peak month
January
Counties with records
53
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Larus delawarensis
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
189
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Laridae
Genus
Larus
Name with authority
Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815
Described
1815
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q754885 · GBIF 2481134