Eurasian Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus

469,084Records since 2000

MayPeak month

125Counties with records

Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan27,076

Feb31,792

Mar48,125

Apr61,880

May69,664

Jun51,809

Jul45,336

Aug35,055

Sep29,174

Oct28,532

Nov18,811

Dec17,782

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	25,958
2	Highland	Scotland	18,651
3	Norfolk	England	17,605
4	Suffolk	England	16,068
5	Kent	England	14,279
6	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	13,495
7	North Yorkshire	England	10,761
8	Shetland Islands	—	9,795
9	Cornwall	England	9,749
10	Lincolnshire	England	9,136
11	East Lothian	Scotland	9,123
12	Dorset	England	8,520
13	Essex	England	7,592
14	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	7,256
15	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	7,188

328,247 England109,904 Scotland24,469 Wales6,038 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 469,084
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 125
IUCN Red List: Near Threatened
Scientific name: Haematopus ostralegus
Also known as: Oystercatcher
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 213,427
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Highland, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Shetland Islands, Cornwall, Lincolnshire, East Lothian, Dorset +102
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Haematopodidae
Genus: Haematopus
Name with authority: Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 63