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Calidris pugnax

67,669Records since 2000

SeptemberPeak month

106Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3,525

Feb2,838

Mar3,768

Apr5,755

May3,179

Jun1,284

Jul6,053

Aug14,018

Sep15,337

Oct7,144

Nov2,711

Dec2,050

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	10,250
2	Norfolk	England	8,916
3	Lincolnshire	England	4,894
4	Suffolk	England	3,829
5	Gloucestershire	England	3,081
6	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	2,770
7	Kent	England	2,431
8	Essex	England	1,981
9	Rutland	England	1,649
10	East Lothian	Scotland	1,118
11	North Yorkshire	England	862
12	Somerset	England	851
13	Sefton	England	710
14	Shetland Islands	—	649
15	Dorset	England	594

63,037 England3,558 Scotland729 Wales337 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 106 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 67,669
Peak month: September
Counties with records: 106
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Calidris pugnax
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 9,617
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Gloucestershire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kent, Essex, Rutland, East Lothian, North Yorkshire, Somerset +37
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, 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 pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 14