When it is recorded
Jan12
Feb42
Mar8,339
Apr41,188
May36,229
Jun23,698
Jul24,875
Aug24,333
Sep12,606
Oct861
Nov38
Dec7
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suffolk | England | 8,280 | |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 7,001 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 6,760 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 5,169 | |
| 5 | Highland | Scotland | 4,865 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 4,795 | |
| 7 | Rutland | England | 4,599 | |
| 8 | North Yorkshire | England | 4,472 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 4,009 | |
| 10 | Nottinghamshire | England | 3,561 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 3,027 | |
| 12 | East Lothian | Scotland | 2,612 | |
| 13 | Oxfordshire | England | 2,482 | |
| 14 | Cornwall | England | 2,473 | |
| 15 | Essex | England | 2,308 |
143,661 England22,249 Scotland5,908 Wales1,273 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 173,157
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 125
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Riparia riparia
- Also known as
- Sand Martin
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 35,846
- Most recorded in
- Suffolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Highland, Kent, Rutland, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Dorset, East Lothian +91
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Genus
- Riparia
- Name with authority
- Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 41
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25909 · GBIF 2489160