When it is recorded
Jan3,717
Feb2,253
Mar2,027
Apr1,799
May602
Jun30
Jul133
Aug546
Sep1,138
Oct2,017
Nov2,548
Dec2,058
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shetland Islands | — | 1,268 | |
| 2 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 1,023 | |
| 3 | North Yorkshire | England | 867 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 731 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 704 | |
| 6 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 702 | |
| 7 | North Tyneside | England | 685 | |
| 8 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 642 | |
| 9 | Norfolk | England | 619 | |
| 10 | East Lothian | Scotland | 603 | |
| 11 | Kent | England | 554 | |
| 12 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 539 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 524 | |
| 14 | Fife | Scotland | 438 | |
| 15 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 374 |
11,295 England6,252 Scotland808 Wales506 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
- 18,878
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 74
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Calidris maritima
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 6,512
- Most recorded in
- Shetland Islands, Aberdeen City, North Yorkshire, Cornwall, Suffolk, Orkney Islands, North Tyneside, South Ayrshire, Norfolk, East Lothian, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire +24
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Calidris
- Name with authority
- Calidris maritima (Brünnich, 1764)
- Described
- 1764
- Contributing datasets
- 10
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q62359 · GBIF 2481743