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Bird Sightings : Hebrides : Sabine's Gull

Sabine's Gull

Larus sabini

Photography © Martin Scott
Shawbost - Isle of Lewis - Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)
September, 2007

 

• Sabine's Gull
• Larus sabini
• UK: Passage visitor
• UK: 140 annual records. BTO
• WI: Scarce passage visitor (very small numbers each year)
• Breeds: Arctic (forms colonies)
• Winters: Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
• Habitat: Coastal wet heath during breding season, mostly at sea otherwise
• Diet: Fish and small invertebrates
• Smaller than a black-headed gull.
  Juvenile sounds like a young tern

 

Sabine's Gull records in the Western Isles

Scarce passage visitor (very small numbers each year)
(Source: Outer Hebrides Bird Report)

The chart below shows how abundant the Sabine's Gull is during a month or when you are more likely to see it.

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D

(Source: Outer Hebrides Birds Checklist)

 

 

 

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