When it is recorded
Jan15,937
Feb10,119
Mar9,829
Apr9,059
May9,757
Jun2,632
Jul5,121
Aug13,811
Sep15,478
Oct16,586
Nov11,425
Dec10,317
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 10,291 | |
| 2 | Shetland Islands | — | 7,576 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 6,597 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 6,493 | |
| 5 | Norfolk | England | 5,670 | |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 4,191 | |
| 7 | Cornwall | England | 3,663 | |
| 8 | East Lothian | Scotland | 3,319 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 2,555 | |
| 10 | Isles of Scilly | England | 2,494 | |
| 11 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 2,197 | |
| 12 | North Tyneside | England | 2,157 | |
| 13 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 1,899 | |
| 14 | Fife | Scotland | 1,866 | |
| 15 | North Yorkshire | England | 1,723 |
93,954 England28,356 Scotland5,470 Wales2,180 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 130,101
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 106
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- Scientific name
- Arenaria interpres
- Also known as
- Turnstone
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 59,431
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Shetland Islands, Kent, Suffolk, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cornwall, East Lothian, Essex, Isles of Scilly, Orkney Islands, North Tyneside +51
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Arenaria
- Name with authority
- Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 28
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26892 · GBIF 2481776