About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Hudsonian Godwit
Species · Birds

Hudsonian Godwit

Limosa haemastica

312Records since 2000
MayPeak month
4Counties with records
VulnerableIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr52
May160
Jun0
Jul5
Aug73
Sep6
Oct0
Nov12
Dec3

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England108
2Fife Scotland10
3Shetland Islands —8
4Halton England1
266 England25 Scotland21 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 4 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
312
Peak month
May
Counties with records
4
IUCN Red List
Vulnerable
Scientific name
Limosa haemastica
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Somerset
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Limosa
Name with authority
Limosa haemastica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q283458 · GBIF 2481680