Site Description: Gull Island is a remote natural island in Pamlico Sound.  The island is primarily marsh with small shrub islands. For at least three decades, this island has been a haven for nesting colonial waterbirds.  

Habitats: low saltmarsh, high saltmarsh, shrub/scrub

Land Use: hunting, wildlife conservation

Primary Threats: disturbance to birds

Protection Status: The island is privately owned and once was the site of the Gull Island hunting club. The club house burned in the early 1990s and has not been reconstructed.

Conservation Issues: Human disturbance to nesting waterbirds is a minor concern.

Birds: The site has supported nesting colonial waterbirds for many years. Presently 8 species and approximately 4378 nesting pairs of wading birds, gulls, terns, and pelicans (Criteria 4f). The island supports one of the state's largest colonies of laughing gulls.

B=Breeding    FM=Fall Migration     SM=Spring Migration     W=Winter

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