When it is recorded
Jan47
Feb1
Mar4
Apr3,089
May7,334
Jun6,664
Jul6,601
Aug5,299
Sep2,930
Oct1,318
Nov190
Dec1
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shetland Islands | — | 4,401 | |
| 2 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 1,951 | |
| 3 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 1,706 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 1,397 | |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 1,376 | |
| 6 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 830 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 778 | |
| 8 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 748 | |
| 9 | Fife | Scotland | 744 | |
| 10 | Cambridgeshire | England | 708 | |
| 11 | Norfolk | England | 702 | |
| 12 | Suffolk | England | 588 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 452 | |
| 14 | Rutland | England | 437 | |
| 15 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 423 |
15,882 England15,139 Scotland1,422 Wales625 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 33,992
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 102
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Sterna paradisaea
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 8,423
- Most recorded in
- Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Highland, East Riding of Yorkshire, Isle of Anglesey, Kent, Argyll and Bute, Fife, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk +33
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds Directive, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Sterna
- Name with authority
- Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan, 1763
- Described
- 1763
- Contributing datasets
- 28
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26800 · GBIF 5229230