When it is recorded
Jan1,543
Feb937
Mar1,111
Apr13,442
May18,694
Jun7,261
Jul19,500
Aug24,654
Sep14,501
Oct2,605
Nov1,251
Dec1,079
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 5,946 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 5,464 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 4,351 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 3,640 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 3,248 | |
| 6 | Lincolnshire | England | 2,854 | |
| 7 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 2,297 | |
| 8 | Cornwall | England | 2,249 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 2,044 | |
| 10 | North Yorkshire | England | 1,927 | |
| 11 | Rutland | England | 1,910 | |
| 12 | Essex | England | 1,896 | |
| 13 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 1,828 | |
| 14 | Oxfordshire | England | 1,716 | |
| 15 | Surrey | England | 1,668 |
87,574 England15,605 Scotland3,462 Wales777 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 107,459
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 126
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Actitis hypoleucos
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 41,787
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Highland, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent, Lincolnshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cornwall, Dorset, North Yorkshire, Rutland, Essex +79
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Actitis
- Name with authority
- Actitis hypoleucos (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 42
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18850 · GBIF 2481800