When it is recorded
Jan8,409
Feb5,034
Mar4,033
Apr3,834
May4,920
Jun1,174
Jul1,092
Aug4,392
Sep6,145
Oct9,195
Nov6,463
Dec5,167
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 9,208 | |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 5,069 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 3,521 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 3,499 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 3,136 | |
| 6 | Essex | England | 2,954 | |
| 7 | Thurrock | England | 2,475 | |
| 8 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,567 | |
| 9 | Portsmouth | England | 1,555 | |
| 10 | East Lothian | Scotland | 1,506 | |
| 11 | Somerset | England | 828 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 821 | |
| 13 | Wirral | England | 820 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 692 | |
| 15 | Medway | England | 555 |
55,522 England3,241 Scotland1,001 Wales81 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 94 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 59,861
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 94
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- Scientific name
- Pluvialis squatarola
- Also known as
- Grey Plover
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 34,303
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Norfolk, Kent, Suffolk, Essex, Thurrock, Lincolnshire, Portsmouth, East Lothian, Somerset, Dorset +29
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Charadriidae
- Genus
- Pluvialis
- Name with authority
- Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 15
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18835 · GBIF 2480327