When it is recorded
Jan45,313
Feb50,736
Mar81,221
Apr87,068
May80,884
Jun79,846
Jul133,671
Aug194,692
Sep173,038
Oct135,309
Nov66,417
Dec36,650
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suffolk | England | 86,703 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 67,555 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 65,365 | |
| 4 | Oxfordshire | England | 58,545 | |
| 5 | Northamptonshire | England | 54,539 | |
| 6 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 40,217 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 22,066 | |
| 8 | Lincolnshire | England | 20,349 | |
| 9 | Nottinghamshire | England | 18,727 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 15,815 | |
| 11 | Somerset | England | 12,189 | |
| 12 | Doncaster | England | 12,019 | |
| 13 | Milton Keynes | England | 11,187 | |
| 14 | Cornwall | England | 10,536 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 9,981 |
512,030 England93,820 Scotland25,363 Wales5,252 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,165,954
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Larus fuscus
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 192,496
- Most recorded in
- Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, South Ayrshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Essex, Somerset, Doncaster +113
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Larus
- Name with authority
- Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 70
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27160 · GBIF 2481174