When it is recorded
Jan6,220
Feb3,798
Mar3,013
Apr3,073
May7,231
Jun2,163
Jul2,949
Aug6,775
Sep7,283
Oct6,356
Nov4,255
Dec3,694
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 8,849 | |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 3,422 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 2,790 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 2,755 | |
| 5 | Shetland Islands | — | 1,689 | |
| 6 | North Tyneside | England | 1,302 | |
| 7 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 1,252 | |
| 8 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 1,197 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,123 | |
| 10 | Wirral | England | 1,117 | |
| 11 | Isles of Scilly | England | 1,104 | |
| 12 | Suffolk | England | 1,100 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 1,028 | |
| 14 | East Lothian | Scotland | 1,012 | |
| 15 | Essex | England | 952 |
44,958 England9,971 Scotland1,502 Wales366 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 102 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 56,821
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 102
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Calidris alba
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 19,449
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Norfolk, Kent, Shetland Islands, North Tyneside, Orkney Islands, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Lincolnshire, Wirral, Isles of Scilly, Suffolk +39
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Calidris
- Name with authority
- Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764)
- Described
- 1764
- Contributing datasets
- 20
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q58958 · GBIF 2481748