When it is recorded
Jan3
Feb0
Mar0
Apr16
May87
Jun87
Jul78
Aug71
Sep17
Oct18
Nov49
Dec2
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 70 | |
| 2 | Suffolk | England | 52 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 51 | |
| 4 | Somerset | England | 42 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 23 | |
| 6 | Wirral | England | 16 | |
| 7 | Devon | England | 13 | |
| 8 | Rotherham | England | 13 | |
| 9 | East Lothian | Scotland | 12 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 10 | |
| 11 | Isles of Scilly | England | 10 | |
| 12 | Shetland Islands | — | 9 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 8 | |
| 14 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 7 | |
| 15 | Cheshire East | England | 7 |
382 England35 Scotland11 Wales
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
- 428
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 23
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Gelochelidon nilotica
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Gelochelidon
- Name with authority
- Gelochelidon nilotica (J.F.Gmelin, 1789)
- Described
- 1789
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18834 · GBIF 2481263