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Eurasian Dotterel

Charadrius morinellus

2,076Records since 2000
MayPeak month
59Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb3
Mar29
Apr323
May798
Jun7
Jul9
Aug215
Sep418
Oct217
Nov16
Dec16

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England492
2Isles of Scilly England155
3East Riding of Yorkshire England112
4Norfolk England97
5Cornwall England84
6Kent England80
7Highland Scotland73
8Lincolnshire England68
9Suffolk England64
10Essex England50
11Sheffield England49
12Pembrokeshire Wales37
13Conwy Wales35
14North Yorkshire England32
15Shetland Islands —32
1,789 England145 Scotland140 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 59 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,076
Peak month
May
Counties with records
59
Scientific name
Charadrius morinellus
Group
Birds
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Charadrius
Name with authority
Charadrius morinellus 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 Q202504 · GBIF 2480281