Eurasian Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

37,657Records since 2000

AugustPeak month

76Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1,666

Feb1,683

Mar2,283

Apr3,102

May4,764

Jun4,051

Jul5,140

Aug5,973

Sep4,738

Oct2,226

Nov1,066

Dec959

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	6,107
2	Norfolk	England	5,910
3	Lincolnshire	England	2,823
4	Suffolk	England	2,431
5	Dorset	England	1,738
6	Essex	England	1,495
7	Leeds	England	1,472
8	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	1,333
9	Gloucestershire	England	1,061
10	Kent	England	1,031
11	Rotherham	England	778
12	Devon	England	738
13	Cornwall	England	402
14	North Lincolnshire	England	389
15	Carmarthenshire	Wales	343

36,703 England284 Scotland599 Wales68 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 37,657
Peak month: August
Counties with records: 76
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Platalea leucorodia
Also known as: Spoonbill
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 3,559
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Dorset, Essex, Leeds, East Riding of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Rotherham, Devon +19
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Platalea
Name with authority: Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus, 1758
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 10