When it is recorded
Jan20,558
Feb14,057
Mar18,230
Apr16,567
May8,038
Jun5,447
Jul5,496
Aug16,633
Sep24,579
Oct25,093
Nov16,872
Dec14,345
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 13,472 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 9,171 | |
| 3 | Shetland Islands | — | 7,456 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 6,896 | |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 6,364 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 5,943 | |
| 7 | Lincolnshire | England | 5,384 | |
| 8 | Dorset | England | 3,399 | |
| 9 | Rutland | England | 3,309 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 3,203 | |
| 11 | Somerset | England | 3,056 | |
| 12 | Gloucestershire | England | 2,996 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 2,972 | |
| 14 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 2,924 | |
| 15 | North Yorkshire | England | 2,909 |
158,256 England23,744 Scotland4,955 Wales1,341 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 188,381
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 125
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Gallinago gallinago
- Also known as
- Snipe
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 115,781
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Shetland Islands, Suffolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Rutland, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire +84
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, 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
- Gallinago
- Name with authority
- Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 54
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25692 · GBIF 2481819