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Great Knot

Calidris tenuirostris

174Records since 2000
JunePeak month
3Counties with records
EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun90
Jul73
Aug5
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England106
2Norfolk England39
3Shetland Islands —10
164 England10 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 3 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
174
Peak month
June
Counties with records
3
IUCN Red List
Endangered
Scientific name
Calidris tenuirostris
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Cambridgeshire
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Name with authority
Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield, 1821)
Described
1821

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18876 · GBIF 2481768