Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

4,046Records since 2000

JulyPeak month

50Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0

Feb0

Mar0

Apr55

May547

Jun951

Jul1,230

Aug824

Sep271

Oct82

Nov1

Dec0

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Suffolk	England	288
2	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	216
3	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	181
4	Sefton	England	160
5	Kent	England	120
6	Norfolk	England	77
7	North Tyneside	England	74
8	Cambridgeshire	England	64
9	East Lothian	Scotland	64
10	North Yorkshire	England	50
11	Dorset	England	46
12	Fife	Scotland	32
13	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	23
14	Cornwall	England	19
15	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	18

3,457 England175 Scotland286 Wales51 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 50 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 4,046
Peak month: July
Counties with records: 50
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Sterna dougallii
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 621
Most recorded in: Suffolk, Isle of Anglesey, East Riding of Yorkshire, Sefton, Kent, Norfolk, North Tyneside, Cambridgeshire, East Lothian, North Yorkshire
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Convention on Migratory Species, OSPAR list, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species +1
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Sterna
Name with authority: Sterna dougallii Montagu, 1813
Described: 1813
Contributing datasets: 15