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Semipalmated Sandpiper

Calidris pusilla

660Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
23Counties with records
Near ThreatenedIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May13
Jun2
Jul47
Aug216
Sep155
Oct194
Nov31
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Lincolnshire England101
2Cornwall England58
3Cambridgeshire England40
4Suffolk England35
5Shetland Islands —28
6Gloucestershire England14
7Thurrock England14
8Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland9
9Essex England7
10Bath and North East Somerset England7
11North Lincolnshire England7
12Kent England6
13Devon England5
14Isles of Scilly England5
15Pembrokeshire Wales4
570 England76 Scotland12 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
660
Peak month
August
Counties with records
23
IUCN Red List
Near Threatened
Scientific name
Calidris pusilla
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Lincolnshire, Cornwall
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Name with authority
Calidris pusilla (Linnaeus, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q735092 · GBIF 2481764