Where to see
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Wadden Sea National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Black-headed Gull during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Camargue | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 3 | Hortobágy National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 4 | Kiskunság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 5 | Fertő-Hanság National Park | 🇭🇺 Hungary | |
| 6 | Biebrza National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 7 | Snowdonia National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 8 | Cairngorms National Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 9 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 10 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 11 | Bavarian Forest National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 12 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 13 | Białowieża National Park | 🇵🇱 Poland |
Wadden Sea National Park
In Wadden Sea National Park, Germany, about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Black-headed Gull sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Camargue and more
After Wadden Sea National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Black-headed Gull are in Camargue (France, about 70%), Hortobágy National Park (Hungary, about 70%) and Kiskunság National Park (Hungary, about 60%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are September in Wadden Sea National Park (about 90%), September in Camargue (about 90%) and July and October in Hortobágy National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Black-headed Gull on a given day. Each park's Black-headed Gull page has the full month-by-month chart.
