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Cory's Shearwater

Calonectris diomedea

1,854Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
30Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb0
Mar1
Apr11
May23
Jun23
Jul202
Aug897
Sep333
Oct337
Nov24
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England627
2Isles of Scilly England146
3Fife Scotland30
4East Riding of Yorkshire England28
5Pembrokeshire Wales18
6Dorset England15
7Norfolk England12
8Suffolk England12
9Rutland England12
10Torbay England10
11North Yorkshire England8
12Cambridgeshire England7
13Aberdeenshire Scotland5
14Devon England4
15Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland4
1,684 England62 Scotland26 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,854
Peak month
August
Counties with records
30
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Calonectris diomedea
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Isles of Scilly
Conservation designations
Birds Directive
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Calonectris
Name with authority
Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769)
Described
1769
Contributing datasets
9

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q216850 · GBIF 2481521