When it is recorded
Jan74
Feb63
Mar135
Apr302
May251
Jun115
Jul410
Aug263
Sep61
Oct34
Nov36
Dec26
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 699 | |
| 2 | Cornwall | England | 102 | |
| 3 | Dorset | England | 88 | |
| 4 | Oxfordshire | England | 54 | |
| 5 | Lincolnshire | England | 43 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 39 | |
| 7 | Norfolk | England | 30 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 29 | |
| 9 | Rutland | England | 26 | |
| 10 | Somerset | England | 25 | |
| 11 | Gloucestershire | England | 25 | |
| 12 | Leeds | England | 23 | |
| 13 | Shetland Islands | — | 18 | |
| 14 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 16 | |
| 15 | Mid and East Antrim | Northern Ireland | 15 |
1,584 England67 Scotland75 Wales42 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,770
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 45
- Scientific name
- Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 67
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Cornwall, Dorset, Oxfordshire
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Chroicocephalus
- Name with authority
- Chroicocephalus philadelphia (Ord, 1815)
- Described
- 1815
- Contributing datasets
- 7
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q629525 · GBIF 6065818