When it is recorded
Jan216
Feb142
Mar37
Apr15
May6
Jun4
Jul4
Aug7
Sep33
Oct492
Nov1,260
Dec378
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 333 | |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 218 | |
| 3 | Fife | Scotland | 142 | |
| 4 | Shetland Islands | — | 120 | |
| 5 | East Lothian | Scotland | 107 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 98 | |
| 7 | North Yorkshire | England | 91 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 79 | |
| 9 | Highland | Scotland | 66 | |
| 10 | Cambridgeshire | England | 58 | |
| 11 | Lincolnshire | England | 53 | |
| 12 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 50 | |
| 13 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 42 | |
| 14 | Dorset | England | 36 | |
| 15 | Cornwall | England | 36 |
1,709 England730 Scotland7 Wales3 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 45 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,594
- Peak month
- November
- Counties with records
- 45
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Alle alle
- Also known as
- Little Auk
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 253
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Fife, Shetland Islands, East Lothian, Suffolk, North Yorkshire, Kent, Highland, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Orkney Islands
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Alcidae
- Genus
- Alle
- Name with authority
- Alle alle (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 12
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26470 · GBIF 2481299