When it is recorded
Jan7,863
Feb7,991
Mar10,301
Apr10,788
May7,166
Jun7,308
Jul13,910
Aug15,090
Sep13,427
Oct13,335
Nov7,691
Dec5,852
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 13,312 | |
| 2 | Dorset | England | 6,104 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 5,598 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 5,363 | |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire | England | 5,274 | |
| 6 | Norfolk | England | 4,794 | |
| 7 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 4,222 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 3,378 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 2,153 | |
| 10 | Sefton | England | 1,603 | |
| 11 | Isles of Scilly | England | 1,419 | |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 1,302 | |
| 13 | Portsmouth | England | 1,218 | |
| 14 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,138 | |
| 15 | Swansea | Wales | 926 |
80,420 England2,044 Scotland3,042 Wales609 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 120 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 120,966
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 120
- Scientific name
- Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 24,058
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Dorset, Suffolk, Cornwall, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Devon, Essex, Sefton, Isles of Scilly, Pembrokeshire +44
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Ichthyaetus
- Name with authority
- Ichthyaetus melanocephalus (Temminck, 1820)
- Described
- 1820
- Contributing datasets
- 24
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q276189 · GBIF 8151548