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Baird's Sandpiper

Calidris bairdii

687Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
33Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun6
Jul18
Aug118
Sep330
Oct204
Nov3
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England76
2Rutland England68
3Lincolnshire England61
4Suffolk England54
5Cambridgeshire England22
6Kent England21
7Norfolk England20
8Bristol, City of England19
9Isles of Scilly England18
10Nottinghamshire England17
11Doncaster England15
12East Riding of Yorkshire England13
13Devon England13
14Aberdeenshire Scotland13
15Essex England10
581 England72 Scotland31 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
687
Peak month
September
Counties with records
33
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Calidris bairdii
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Name with authority
Calidris bairdii (Coues, 1861)
Described
1861
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q788649 · GBIF 2481770