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Great shearwater

Puffinus gravis

2,584Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
23Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr10
May24
Jun10
Jul166
Aug1,197
Sep560
Oct513
Nov97
Dec6

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England761
2Isles of Scilly England113
3East Riding of Yorkshire England31
4Pembrokeshire Wales25
5Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland22
6Shetland Islands —21
7Orkney Islands Scotland15
8Torbay England12
9Dorset England10
10Fife Scotland10
11Highland Scotland8
12Devon England8
13Norfolk England6
14North Yorkshire England4
15Kent England3
2,175 England111 Scotland43 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,584
Peak month
August
Counties with records
23
Scientific name
Puffinus gravis
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Isles of Scilly
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Puffinus
Name with authority
Puffinus gravis (O'Reilly, 1818)
Described
1818
Contributing datasets
10

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q303807 · GBIF 5229343