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Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius

1,112Records since 2000
JunePeak month
35Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar19
Apr150
May153
Jun170
Jul133
Aug26
Sep3
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Renfrewshire Scotland404
2Rutland England95
3Cambridgeshire England37
4Wakefield England26
5Lincolnshire England22
6Nottinghamshire England19
7Doncaster England17
8Essex England16
9Suffolk England12
10Norfolk England11
11Oxfordshire England11
12Devon England11
13Cumbria England10
14Northamptonshire England9
15Conwy Wales9
642 England420 Scotland44 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,112
Peak month
June
Counties with records
35
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Charadrius dubius
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
12,990
Most recorded in
Renfrewshire, Rutland
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Charadriidae
Genus
Charadrius
Name with authority
Charadrius dubius Scopoli, 1786
Described
1786
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18851 · GBIF 7937336