When it is recorded
Jan40
Feb1
Mar3
Apr52
May324
Jun801
Jul2,269
Aug2,557
Sep1,064
Oct428
Nov75
Dec8
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | England | 1,190 | |
| 2 | Shetland Islands | — | 394 | |
| 3 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 391 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 165 | |
| 5 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 121 | |
| 6 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 108 | |
| 7 | North Yorkshire | England | 107 | |
| 8 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 87 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 64 | |
| 10 | Isles of Scilly | England | 60 | |
| 11 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 51 | |
| 12 | Kent | England | 48 | |
| 13 | Gwynedd | Wales | 43 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 39 | |
| 15 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 38 |
3,178 England1,757 Scotland535 Wales110 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 54 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 7,748
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 54
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Hydrobates pelagicus
- Also known as
- Storm Petrel
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 7,704
- Most recorded in
- Cornwall, Shetland Islands, Pembrokeshire, Highland, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Orkney Islands, North Yorkshire, Argyll and Bute, Dorset, Isles of Scilly, East Riding of Yorkshire
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Hydrobatidae
- Genus
- Hydrobates
- Name with authority
- Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 21
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27461 · GBIF 4408455