by Alexander C. Lees, Centre for Ecology, Evolution & Conservation, University of East Anglia
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Part 6 - Gulls and Terns
Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus
Occasional visitor at all seasons
Little Gull Larus minutus
Scarce passage migrant
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Formerly regular breeder, now occasional (last 2001)
Mew Gull Larus canus
Common passage migrant and winter visitor
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
Common passage migrant and winter visitor
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Common passage migrant and winter visitor, L. a. michahellis irregular visitor at all seasons, L. a. cachinnans vagrant, 2 records:
1 Cotham 10th December 2004
1 Leadenham Tip 7th December 2004 (T. Lee)
Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
Rare winter visitor, 4 records
1 Leadenham Tip 7th January 1994
1 Cotham 29th January 2003
1 Cotham 27th February - 19th March 2005
1 Leadenham Tip 4th April 2005
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Scarce winter visitor, 5 records
1 Ancaster GP 28th November 1965
1 Leadenham Tip 2nd January 1998
1 Marston STW 14th November 1999
1 Cotham 3rd March 2005 - 21st March 2005
1 Fulbeck, 1st April 2005 , same Leadenham Tip 5th April
Iceland (left) and Glaucous Gulls, at Cotham/Bennington Fen, February 2005 (photo A. Lees)
Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
Common passage migrant and winter visitor
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Vagrant, 2 records
1 Marston STW 26th March 1995
1 recently dead Marston STW "late" March 1996
Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
Vagrant, 1 record
1 Marston STW 4th August 1961
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Passage migrant, has prospected
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Scarce passage migrant, less than annual
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Scarce passage migrant, almost annual, formerly more regular
Black Tern, Denton Reservoir, May 1998 (photo A. Lees)
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Vagrant, 2 records
1 Marston STW 17th to 21st August 1957 ( D. West et al. )
1 adult Marston STW 3rd June 1959 ( C. Cave)
Birds of Grantham Part 1 - Divers to Herons
Birds of Grantham Part 2 - Swans, Geese and other Wildlfowl
Birds of Grantham Part 3 - Wildfowl cont...
Birds of Grantham Part 4 - Birds of Prey
Birds of Grantham Part 5 - Game Birds and Waders
Birds of Grantham Part 6 - Gulls and Terns
Birds of Grantham Part 7 - Owls and Woodpeckers
Birds of Grantham Part 8 - Larks, Pipits, Wagtails and Trushes
Birds of Grantham Part 9 - Warblers, Tits, Sparrows, Crows and Finches