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Broad-Billed Sandpiper

Calidris falcinellus

304Records since 2000
MayPeak month
22Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr36
May129
Jun66
Jul37
Aug33
Sep2
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England44
2Norfolk England31
3Suffolk England29
4Cambridgeshire England28
5Shetland Islands —11
6East Riding of Yorkshire England9
7North Yorkshire England8
8East Lothian Scotland8
9Devon England7
10Doncaster England7
11Wirral England7
12Aberdeenshire Scotland5
13Rotherham England5
14Essex England3
15Nottinghamshire England3
231 England29 Scotland44 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 22 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
304
Peak month
May
Counties with records
22
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Calidris falcinellus
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Name with authority
Calidris falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Described
1763

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q28114227 · GBIF 7537888