When it is recorded
Jan3,381
Feb2,566
Mar2,609
Apr6,525
May6,271
Jun1,945
Jul7,315
Aug17,724
Sep15,116
Oct8,635
Nov2,843
Dec2,224
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 5,065 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 4,440 | |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 3,647 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 3,641 | |
| 5 | Lincolnshire | England | 3,128 | |
| 6 | Dorset | England | 2,877 | |
| 7 | Isles of Scilly | England | 2,760 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 2,531 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 2,280 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 2,274 | |
| 11 | Essex | England | 2,122 | |
| 12 | Rutland | England | 1,909 | |
| 13 | Highland | Scotland | 1,565 | |
| 14 | Portsmouth | England | 1,109 | |
| 15 | East Lothian | Scotland | 1,101 |
66,844 England6,885 Scotland2,914 Wales560 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 113 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 77,228
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 113
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Tringa nebularia
- Also known as
- Greenshank
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 31,765
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Isles of Scilly, Kent, Cornwall, Devon, Essex, Rutland +57
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Tringa
- Name with authority
- Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus, 1767)
- Described
- 1767
- Contributing datasets
- 23
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18840 · GBIF 2481726