Little Tern

Sternula albifrons

20,325Records since 2000

MayPeak month

76Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2

Feb2

Mar6

Apr1,547

May6,582

Jun4,552

Jul4,027

Aug2,570

Sep629

Oct74

Nov2

Dec0

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	2,905
2	Cambridgeshire	England	2,286
3	Norfolk	England	2,256
4	Suffolk	England	1,980
5	Dorset	England	736
6	Kent	England	689
7	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	410
8	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	234
9	Essex	England	220
10	Lincolnshire	England	210
11	Portsmouth	England	200
12	Cumbria	England	184
13	Wirral	England	180
14	Hartlepool	England	165
15	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	117

18,642 England1,323 Scotland336 Wales14 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 20,325
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 76
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Sternula albifrons
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 4,514
Most recorded in: East Riding of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Dorset, Kent, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Aberdeenshire, Essex, Lincolnshire, Portsmouth, Cumbria +10
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sternula
Name with authority: Sternula albifrons (Pallas, 1764)
Described: 1764
Contributing datasets: 19