When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb0
Mar1
Apr979
May2,152
Jun540
Jul468
Aug2,685
Sep2,843
Oct351
Nov28
Dec2
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 901 | |
| 2 | Kent | England | 876 | |
| 3 | Rutland | England | 714 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 426 | |
| 5 | Surrey | England | 419 | |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 419 | |
| 7 | Lincolnshire | England | 373 | |
| 8 | Suffolk | England | 329 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 280 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 272 | |
| 11 | Thurrock | England | 180 | |
| 12 | Bath and North East Somerset | England | 156 | |
| 13 | Somerset | England | 149 | |
| 14 | Warrington | England | 134 | |
| 15 | Cornwall | England | 127 |
9,612 England179 Scotland154 Wales25 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 89 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 10,051
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 89
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Chlidonias niger
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,191
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Kent, Rutland, Norfolk, Surrey, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Essex, Oxfordshire, Thurrock, Bath and North East Somerset +12
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Chlidonias
- Name with authority
- Chlidonias niger (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 Q27215 · GBIF 2481119