Bird
Common Murre
Uria aalge · Alcidae · Charadriiformes
Best monthsJun–Augmost records
Records1,173,669in 18 countries
Most seen inUnited Kingdom510,674 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
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About
Common Murre in brief
The common murre (Uria aalge) is a bird of the Alcidae family — species of bird, auk.
Across the 18 countries we cover it has 1,173,669 published records, most of them from the United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in June, July and August and fall to their lowest in March and April.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United Kingdom510,674 records · best Jul, Jun
Sweden179,566 records · best Jul, Jun
Netherlands107,912 records · best Jan, Nov
Norway83,868 records · best Oct, Nov
Canada82,321 records · best Aug, Sep
Denmark59,468 records · best Oct, Nov
Ireland41,678 records · best Aug, Jul
Belgium36,829 records · best Feb, Jan
France30,290 records · best Feb, Jan
Germany23,282 records · best Oct, Jun
Iceland9,638 records · best Jun, Jul
Finland3,150 records · best May, Jun
Russia2,424 records · best Jul, Jun
Poland892 records · best Oct, Nov
Estonia863 records · best May, Oct
Japan708 records · best Feb, Jan
Lithuania88 records · best Oct, Feb
Latvia18 records · best Oct, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.