When it is recorded
Jan5,115
Feb3,316
Mar2,872
Apr2,794
May3,408
Jun1,849
Jul3,989
Aug7,999
Sep9,497
Oct6,201
Nov3,890
Dec2,998
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 7,338 | |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 5,425 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 2,702 | |
| 4 | Sefton | England | 2,541 | |
| 5 | Norfolk | England | 2,453 | |
| 6 | Lincolnshire | England | 2,026 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 1,490 | |
| 8 | East Lothian | Scotland | 1,347 | |
| 9 | Wirral | England | 1,253 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 1,123 | |
| 11 | Shetland Islands | — | 1,072 | |
| 12 | Highland | Scotland | 862 | |
| 13 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 719 | |
| 14 | Somerset | England | 662 | |
| 15 | Dorset | England | 650 |
43,702 England8,326 Scotland1,385 Wales488 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 96 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 53,928
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 96
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- Scientific name
- Calidris canutus
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 28,462
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Suffolk, Sefton, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Kent, East Lothian, Wirral, Essex, Shetland Islands, Highland +40
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Calidris
- Name with authority
- Calidris canutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 18
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27124 · GBIF 2481765