When it is recorded
Jan5,878
Feb3,973
Mar3,635
Apr7,121
May5,849
Jun2,203
Jul3,466
Aug6,079
Sep10,378
Oct8,997
Nov4,592
Dec3,594
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 9,448 | |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 3,921 | |
| 3 | East Lothian | Scotland | 3,567 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 2,661 | |
| 5 | Sefton | England | 2,639 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 2,538 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 2,065 | |
| 8 | Highland | Scotland | 1,675 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,513 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 1,300 | |
| 11 | Cornwall | England | 1,253 | |
| 12 | Thurrock | England | 1,216 | |
| 13 | Essex | England | 1,186 | |
| 14 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 1,103 | |
| 15 | Devon | England | 962 |
50,035 England13,277 Scotland1,559 Wales865 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 65,771
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 104
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- Scientific name
- Limosa lapponica
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 30,337
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Lothian, Norfolk, Sefton, Suffolk, Kent, Highland, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Cornwall, Thurrock +44
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Limosa
- Name with authority
- Limosa lapponica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 23
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18864 · GBIF 2481681