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Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

322Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
7Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan58
Feb30
Mar1
Apr81
May29
Jun0
Jul24
Aug39
Sep51
Oct9
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England89
2Dorset England40
3Cornwall England18
4Devon England10
5Isles of Scilly England10
6East Riding of Yorkshire England9
7Rotherham England5
322 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 7 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
322
Peak month
April
Counties with records
7
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Calidris minutilla
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Somerset
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Name with authority
Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)
Described
1819

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q913052 · GBIF 2481745