When it is recorded
Jan55
Feb41
Mar139
Apr15,191
May37,573
Jun28,260
Jul32,294
Aug28,505
Sep10,120
Oct1,706
Nov111
Dec31
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 13,144 | |
| 2 | Suffolk | England | 7,610 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 6,911 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 6,845 | |
| 5 | Rutland | England | 5,595 | |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 4,506 | |
| 7 | Lincolnshire | England | 4,390 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 4,371 | |
| 9 | Surrey | England | 3,568 | |
| 10 | Oxfordshire | England | 3,427 | |
| 11 | Nottinghamshire | England | 3,208 | |
| 12 | Leeds | England | 2,493 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 2,416 | |
| 14 | Highland | Scotland | 2,021 | |
| 15 | Sefton | England | 1,830 |
138,598 England12,026 Scotland1,558 Wales1,923 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 119 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 154,963
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 119
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Sterna hirundo
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 39,409
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent, Rutland, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Essex, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Leeds +63
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Sterna
- Name with authority
- Sterna hirundo Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 37
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18875 · GBIF 9367409