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Little Stint

Calidris minuta

15,586Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
85Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan413
Feb280
Mar185
Apr262
May1,202
Jun277
Jul694
Aug3,002
Sep6,269
Oct2,379
Nov383
Dec239

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England2,088
2Lincolnshire England1,739
3Norfolk England1,348
4East Riding of Yorkshire England937
5Kent England838
6Suffolk England727
7Gloucestershire England621
8Thurrock England374
9Somerset England340
10Essex England327
11East Lothian Scotland290
12Rutland England286
13Dorset England263
14Cornwall England190
15Devon England166
14,406 England861 Scotland288 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 85 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
15,586
Peak month
September
Counties with records
85
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Calidris minuta
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,180
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Name with authority
Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812)
Described
1812
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27232 · GBIF 2481749