When it is recorded
Jan295
Feb266
Mar417
Apr13,170
May15,130
Jun1,862
Jul8,129
Aug12,044
Sep5,137
Oct1,486
Nov330
Dec225
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 4,169 | |
| 2 | Kent | England | 3,316 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 3,131 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 2,552 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 2,535 | |
| 6 | Cambridgeshire | England | 2,307 | |
| 7 | Dorset | England | 1,862 | |
| 8 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 1,794 | |
| 9 | Shetland Islands | — | 1,431 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,428 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 1,119 | |
| 12 | Essex | England | 1,113 | |
| 13 | Isles of Scilly | England | 1,015 | |
| 14 | East Lothian | Scotland | 1,000 | |
| 15 | Thurrock | England | 932 |
46,243 England7,341 Scotland4,103 Wales805 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 58,553
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 117
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Numenius phaeopus
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 15,488
- Most recorded in
- East Riding of Yorkshire, Kent, Norfolk, Cornwall, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Pembrokeshire, Shetland Islands, Lincolnshire, Devon, Essex +49
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Numenius
- Name with authority
- Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 21
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18858 · GBIF 2481784