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Great Snipe

Gallinago media

93Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
8Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May15
Jun27
Jul0
Aug0
Sep39
Oct10
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1East Riding of Yorkshire England57
2Shetland Islands —10
3Norfolk England6
4North Yorkshire England4
5Orkney Islands Scotland2
6Suffolk England1
7Lincolnshire England1
8Powys Wales1
80 England12 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
93
Peak month
September
Counties with records
8
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Gallinago media
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
East Riding of Yorkshire
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Gallinago
Name with authority
Gallinago media (Latham, 1787)
Described
1787

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27171 · GBIF 2481831