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Northern Fulmar

Fulmarus glacialis

116,637Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
75Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4,313
Feb5,452
Mar7,063
Apr11,807
May14,056
Jun16,320
Jul20,455
Aug17,494
Sep12,318
Oct2,327
Nov1,858
Dec2,365

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —9,283
2East Riding of Yorkshire England6,951
3Cornwall England6,861
4Orkney Islands Scotland4,080
5Kent England3,805
6Pembrokeshire Wales2,773
7Highland Scotland2,674
8North Yorkshire England2,284
9Fife Scotland2,278
10Cambridgeshire England2,175
11Dorset England2,098
12Norfolk England1,940
13Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland1,444
14Gwynedd Wales1,379
15Aberdeenshire Scotland1,249
43,038 England30,089 Scotland6,131 Wales1,852 Northern Ireland1 Isle of Man

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
116,637
Peak month
July
Counties with records
75
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Fulmarus glacialis
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
10,476
Conservation designations
Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Procellariiformes
Family
Procellariidae
Genus
Fulmarus
Name with authority
Fulmarus glacialis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Described
1761
Contributing datasets
38

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26896 · GBIF 2481433