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Jack Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus

12,579Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
117Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2,065
Feb1,246
Mar1,525
Apr853
May103
Jun12
Jul9
Aug20
Sep490
Oct3,529
Nov1,420
Dec1,291

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —900
2Norfolk England689
3Cambridgeshire England602
4East Riding of Yorkshire England602
5Isles of Scilly England550
6Suffolk England387
7Lincolnshire England279
8Kent England272
9Orkney Islands Scotland219
10North Yorkshire England213
11Surrey England190
12Dorset England174
13Halton England167
14Rutland England157
15Thurrock England151
10,402 England1,820 Scotland312 Wales39 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
12,579
Peak month
October
Counties with records
117
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lymnocryptes minimus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,413
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Lymnocryptes
Name with authority
Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764)
Described
1764
Contributing datasets
26

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26711 · GBIF 2481835