When it is recorded
Jan38
Feb14
Mar68
Apr1,218
May2,795
Jun2,341
Jul3,000
Aug6,246
Sep6,969
Oct2,721
Nov521
Dec63
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shetland Islands | — | 2,434 | |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 2,423 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 1,840 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 1,750 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 1,266 | |
| 6 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 1,232 | |
| 7 | Highland | Scotland | 1,103 | |
| 8 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 747 | |
| 9 | Cambridgeshire | England | 663 | |
| 10 | Fife | Scotland | 549 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 546 | |
| 12 | North Yorkshire | England | 514 | |
| 13 | East Lothian | Scotland | 482 | |
| 14 | Suffolk | England | 415 | |
| 15 | Wirral | England | 413 |
15,896 England8,864 Scotland694 Wales177 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 74 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 26,147
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 74
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Stercorarius parasiticus
- Also known as
- Arctic skua
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 1,962
- Most recorded in
- Shetland Islands, East Riding of Yorkshire, Norfolk, Kent, Cornwall, Orkney Islands, Highland, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Cambridgeshire, Fife, Dorset, North Yorkshire +23
- Conservation designations
- Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Stercorariidae
- Genus
- Stercorarius
- Name with authority
- Stercorarius parasiticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 23
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q203053 · GBIF 2481621