When it is recorded
Jan6,624
Feb5,555
Mar11,051
Apr17,957
May21,079
Jun13,033
Jul11,328
Aug10,099
Sep7,400
Oct5,805
Nov3,954
Dec4,135
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 15,497 | |
| 2 | Suffolk | England | 13,451 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 12,499 | |
| 4 | Lincolnshire | England | 6,914 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 5,540 | |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 5,114 | |
| 7 | Gloucestershire | England | 4,466 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 4,039 | |
| 9 | Thurrock | England | 3,865 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 2,066 | |
| 11 | Rutland | England | 1,906 | |
| 12 | Medway | England | 1,659 | |
| 13 | Sefton | England | 1,630 | |
| 14 | Rotherham | England | 1,548 | |
| 15 | Portsmouth | England | 1,413 |
117,524 England190 Scotland861 Wales20 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 118,615
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 86
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Recurvirostra avosetta
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 25,619
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Essex, Thurrock, Dorset, Rutland, Medway +19
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- Genus
- Recurvirostra
- Name with authority
- Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 17
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26147 · GBIF 2480259