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Long-billed Dowitcher

Limnodromus scolopaceus

2,603Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
42Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan198
Feb253
Mar248
Apr250
May72
Jun4
Jul205
Aug233
Sep294
Oct546
Nov217
Dec82

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England947
2Lincolnshire England286
3Kent England183
4Devon England125
5Rutland England57
6Cambridgeshire England55
7Cornwall England55
8Dorset England40
9Gloucestershire England39
10Bath and North East Somerset England35
11Sefton England32
12Suffolk England30
13Somerset England28
14Orkney Islands Scotland24
15East Riding of Yorkshire England23
2,494 England73 Scotland30 Wales6 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,603
Peak month
October
Counties with records
42
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
127
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Limnodromus
Name with authority
Limnodromus scolopaceus (Say, 1822)
Described
1822
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q476350 · GBIF 2481670