Types of Gulls and Where They Are

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• Gulls Count [PDF - 3MB]

Summary of report

Annan

In September 2020, 564 individual gulls were counted. These were

• 118 herring gulls
• 116 lesser backed gulls
• 253 black-headed gulls
• 27 common gulls
• 50 immature large gulls
   

Dumfries

In September 2020, 620 individual gulls were counted. These were

• 32 herring gulls
• 366 lesser black-backed gulls
• 159 black-headed gulls
• 58 common gulls
• 4 great black-backed gulls
• 1 immature large gull
   

Kirkcudbright

In September 2020, 143 individual gulls were counted. These were

• 93 herring gulls
• 8 lesser black-backed gulls
• 40 black-headed gulls
• 2 common gulls
   

Stranraer

In September 2020, 597 individual gulls were counted. These were

• 449 herring gulls
• 8 lesser black-backed gulls
• 83 black-headed gulls
• 56 common gulls