Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

167,241Records since 2000

AugustPeak month

117Counties with records

Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan11,895

Feb9,223

Mar12,463

Apr16,931

May11,585

Jun8,185

Jul17,120

Aug23,460

Sep21,424

Oct16,167

Nov10,158

Dec8,614

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	18,044
2	Suffolk	England	13,759
3	Norfolk	England	12,063
4	Lincolnshire	England	6,873
5	Dorset	England	6,758
6	Essex	England	6,176
7	Kent	England	5,902
8	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	5,240
9	Gloucestershire	England	5,081
10	Devon	England	4,061
11	Sefton	England	3,865
12	Thurrock	England	3,295
13	Somerset	England	2,071
14	Portsmouth	England	1,866
15	Rutland	England	1,804

153,866 England7,197 Scotland4,367 Wales1,758 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 167,241
Peak month: August
Counties with records: 117
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
Scientific name: Limosa limosa
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 33,734
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Essex, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Devon, Sefton, Thurrock +58
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Limosa
Name with authority: Limosa limosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 20