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Kentish Plover

Charadrius alexandrinus

609Records since 2000
MayPeak month
25Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan53
Feb46
Mar37
Apr131
May153
Jun5
Jul9
Aug44
Sep35
Oct24
Nov40
Dec32

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England194
2East Riding of Yorkshire England42
3Kent England41
4Northamptonshire England38
5Suffolk England37
6Norfolk England34
7Tameside England21
8Thurrock England18
9Dorset England12
10East Lothian Scotland12
11Cornwall England10
12Rutland England10
13Cambridgeshire England7
14Lincolnshire England7
15Sefton England6
586 England15 Scotland7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 25 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
609
Peak month
May
Counties with records
25
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Charadrius alexandrinus
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Somerset
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Charadrius
Name with authority
Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
4

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18855 · GBIF 2480311