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Water Pipit

Anthus spinoletta

11,870Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
71Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2,620
Feb1,668
Mar2,059
Apr679
May32
Jun14
Jul15
Aug4
Sep31
Oct1,040
Nov1,981
Dec1,727

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England1,502
2Kent England903
3Suffolk England860
4Norfolk England838
5Surrey England666
6Cornwall England412
7Thurrock England277
8Devon England256
9Lincolnshire England236
10Dorset England203
11Leeds England177
12Essex England158
13Halton England152
14North Tyneside England118
15Rotherham England117
11,547 England137 Scotland184 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 71 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,870
Peak month
January
Counties with records
71
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Anthus spinoletta
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,010
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Motacillidae
Genus
Anthus
Name with authority
Anthus spinoletta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q208707 · GBIF 2490255