Rare visitor. Fourteen records up to 2001.

Sabine's Gull breeds in the Arctic tundra and, during its pelagic migrations, it is a regular autumn visitor in small numbers to British coastal waters. It is very rare inland and most, though not all, records are in the aftermath of westerly gales.

In the West Midlands region there have been 14 records: 7 in Staffordshire, 3 in Warwickshire and 4 in Worcestershire. Four records involved adults and ten juveniles. Eight records were during September, five during October, and one in August.

Staffordshire

Blithfield Reservoir, Staffs, adult, September 11th 1976.

Belvide Reservoir, Staffs, juvenile, October 1st 1982.

Blithfield Reservoir, Staffs, juvenile, September 25th 1983.

Blithfield Reservoir, Staffs, adult, September 10th 1990.

Blithfield Reservoir, Staffs, juvenile, September 30th 1995.

Blithfield Reservoir, Staffs, juvenile, October 6th & 7th 1996.

Blithfield Reservoir, Staffs, juvenile, October 6th 2001.

Warwickshire

Coleshill, Warks, juvenile, October 2nd 1883.

Draycote Water, Warks, adult (or possibly first-summer), September 30th 1981.

Draycote Water, Warks, juvenile, September 10th 1989.

Worcestershire

Bittell Reservoirs, Worcs, adult, August 15th 1948.

Upton Warren, Worcs, juvenile, September 13th & 14th 1994.
Westwood Park, juvenile, September 15th 1994 (same as Upton Warren).

Wilden Worcs, juvenile, September 20th 1997.

Trimpley, Worcs, juvenile, October 11th 1997.