When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb1
Mar24
Apr11
May168
Jun29
Jul72
Aug531
Sep848
Oct286
Nov27
Dec3
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 289 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 175 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 141 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 133 | |
| 5 | Shetland Islands | — | 92 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 80 | |
| 7 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 62 | |
| 8 | North Yorkshire | England | 56 | |
| 9 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 50 | |
| 10 | Fife | Scotland | 49 | |
| 11 | Lincolnshire | England | 39 | |
| 12 | Cambridgeshire | England | 34 | |
| 13 | Highland | Scotland | 21 | |
| 14 | Sheffield | England | 21 | |
| 15 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 19 |
1,477 England332 Scotland87 Wales3 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,000
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 53
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius longicaudus
- Also known as
- Long-tailed Skua
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- East Riding of Yorkshire, Norfolk, Kent, Cornwall, Shetland Islands, Suffolk, Pembrokeshire, North Yorkshire, Na h-Eileanan Siar
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Stercorariidae
- Genus
- Stercorarius
- Name with authority
- Stercorarius longicaudus Vieillot, 1819
- Described
- 1819
- Contributing datasets
- 11
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q216921 · GBIF 2481613