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Western Sandpiper

Calidris mauri

377Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
6Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan47
Feb1
Mar0
Apr0
May16
Jun42
Jul83
Aug5
Sep25
Oct74
Nov6
Dec78

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England129
2South Ayrshire Scotland92
3Cambridgeshire England71
4Dorset England20
5Wirral England7
6Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland1
284 England93 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 6 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
377
Peak month
July
Counties with records
6
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Calidris mauri
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Calidris
Name with authority
Calidris mauri (Cabanis, 1857)
Described
1857

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q488341 · GBIF 2481742