When it is recorded
Jan145
Feb28
Mar0
Apr18
May37
Jun36
Jul86
Aug508
Sep829
Oct299
Nov164
Dec9
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | England | 305 | |
| 2 | Kent | England | 158 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 95 | |
| 4 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 85 | |
| 5 | Cambridgeshire | England | 53 | |
| 6 | Somerset | England | 49 | |
| 7 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 42 | |
| 8 | Dorset | England | 40 | |
| 9 | Warrington | England | 40 | |
| 10 | Halton | England | 28 | |
| 11 | Oxfordshire | England | 27 | |
| 12 | North Yorkshire | England | 27 | |
| 13 | Wirral | England | 25 | |
| 14 | Causeway Coast and Glens | Northern Ireland | 23 | |
| 15 | Suffolk | England | 22 |
1,774 England140 Scotland135 Wales28 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 61 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 2,159
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 61
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Xema sabini
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Cornwall, Kent, Norfolk, Pembrokeshire, Cambridgeshire
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Laridae
- Genus
- Xema
- Name with authority
- Xema sabini (Sabine, 1819)
- Described
- 1819
- Contributing datasets
- 10
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q212047 · GBIF 2481221