Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis

88,504Records since 2000

AugustPeak month

99Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan450

Feb178

Mar1,688

Apr10,919

May11,959

Jun10,164

Jul13,957

Aug18,383

Sep15,099

Oct4,204

Nov913

Dec350

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Norfolk	England	6,271
2	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	6,114
3	Kent	England	5,970
4	Suffolk	England	5,775
5	Cambridgeshire	England	4,198
6	Dorset	England	3,191
7	East Lothian	Scotland	2,649
8	Cornwall	England	1,784
9	Fife	Scotland	1,733
10	Highland	Scotland	1,684
11	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	1,671
12	North Yorkshire	England	1,383
13	Aberdeen City	Scotland	1,235
14	Isles of Scilly	England	1,143
15	South Ayrshire	Scotland	1,106

68,553 England13,835 Scotland4,309 Wales1,359 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 99 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 88,504
Peak month: August
Counties with records: 99
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Thalasseus sandvicensis
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 19,468
Most recorded in: Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kent, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Lothian, Cornwall, Fife, Highland, Isle of Anglesey, North Yorkshire +42
Conservation designations: Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Laridae
Genus: Thalasseus
Name with authority: Thalasseus sandvicensis (Latham, 1787)
Described: 1787
Contributing datasets: 29