When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb2
Mar40
Apr72
May17
Jun0
Jul25
Aug83
Sep28
Oct25
Nov38
Dec10
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
330 England9 Wales2 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 341
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 7
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Sterna forsteri
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Dorset
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Sterna
- Name with authority
- Sterna forsteri Nuttall, 1834
- Described
- 1834
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q430529 · GBIF 5229247