European Herring Gull

Larus argentatus

European Herring Gull photographed by Jess
Conwy, Wales · June 27, 2026
European Herring Gull photographed by Jess
Sefton Park, Liverpool, England · August 15, 2026

When to look

Reported most in August, across 6.4M open records.

Records by month. January, 506,798 records. February, 465,035 records. March, 571,747 records. April, 590,913 records. May, 588,245 records. June, 566,715 records. July, 562,857 records. August, 613,941 records. September, 571,035 records. October, 561,043 records. November, 436,536 records. December, 371,181 records.

Occurrence data from GBIF (incl. the eBird Observation Dataset, © Cornell Lab of Ornithology, CC BY 4.0). Descriptive, not predictive.

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