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Alpine Swift

Tachymarptis melba

788Records since 2000
MarchPeak month
41Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar440
Apr212
May59
Jun29
Jul13
Aug20
Sep11
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England131
2Suffolk England64
3Cornwall England51
4North Yorkshire England45
5Kent England42
6East Riding of Yorkshire England37
7Devon England33
8East Lothian Scotland17
9Lincolnshire England16
10Wirral England13
11Conwy Wales12
12Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland12
13Dorset England11
14Thurrock England10
15Pembrokeshire Wales8
708 England32 Scotland36 Wales12 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 41 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
788
Peak month
March
Counties with records
41
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Tachymarptis melba
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Suffolk, Cornwall
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Apodiformes
Family
Apodidae
Genus
Tachymarptis
Name with authority
Tachymarptis melba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
5

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q321267 · GBIF 2477411