Bird
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus · Scolopacidae · Charadriiformes
Best monthsApr–Junmost records
Records2,874,290in 103 countries
Most seen inNetherlands551,700 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
About
Common Redshank in brief
The common redshank (Tringa totanus) is a bird of the Scolopacidae family — species of bird.
Across the 103 countries we cover it has 2,874,290 published records, most of them from the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in April, May and June and fall to their lowest in November and December.
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
Netherlands551,700 records · best Apr, May
Sweden519,358 records · best May, Apr
United Kingdom412,587 records · best Apr, Jan
Denmark280,417 records · best Apr, May
Norway236,907 records · best May, Jun
Spain130,922 records · best Apr, May
France109,917 records · best Apr, May
India70,150 records · best Jan, Feb
Belgium69,048 records · best Apr, May
Taiwan67,193 records · best Jan, Dec
Portugal57,831 records · best Oct, Jan
Iceland47,933 records · best Jun, May
Israel35,680 records · best Mar, Nov
Finland30,664 records · best May, Jun
Germany26,670 records · best May, Apr
Ireland25,802 records · best Sep, Oct
Estonia18,688 records · best May, Apr
Russia13,878 records · best May, Apr
Türkiye12,705 records · best Jan, Apr
Poland12,343 records · best May, Apr
United Arab Emirates12,029 records · best Jan, Nov
Thailand11,305 records · best Jan, Feb
China9,144 records · best May, Apr
Greece8,943 records · best Sep, Jan
Sri Lanka8,093 records · best Feb, Dec
Italy7,576 records · best Jan, Dec
Austria5,857 records · best May, Apr
Singapore5,176 records · best Sep, Aug
Ukraine5,052 records · best May, Apr
Morocco5,010 records · best Mar, Apr
Oman4,653 records · best Nov, Feb
Hungary4,486 records · best May, Apr
Malaysia4,436 records · best Oct, Sep
Philippines3,965 records · best Jan, Oct
Iran3,947 records · best Jan, Feb
Czechia3,518 records · best Apr, May
Mongolia3,136 records · best Jun, May
Bulgaria2,710 records · best Sep, Jan
Gambia2,586 records · best Nov, Jan
Senegal2,318 records · best Jan, Feb
Japan2,220 records · best Sep, Aug
Kuwait1,922 records · best Jan, Nov
Saudi Arabia1,756 records · best Oct, Mar
Egypt1,565 records · best Mar, Feb
Indonesia1,538 records · best Sep, Oct
Belarus1,518 records · best May, Apr
Kazakhstan1,511 records · best May, Jun
South Korea1,340 records · best Sep, May
Croatia1,225 records · best Sep, Aug
Slovenia1,170 records · best Apr, May
Switzerland1,129 records · best Apr, May
Romania1,058 records · best May, Aug
Cyprus1,053 records · best Mar, Oct
Bangladesh920 records · best Dec, Jan
Lithuania848 records · best Apr, May
Qatar749 records · best Oct, Feb
Kyrgyzstan619 records · best Jul, Aug
Slovakia509 records · best Apr, May
Serbia499 records · best Apr, May
Azerbaijan470 records · best Mar, Feb
Pakistan462 records · best Jan, Feb
Georgia457 records · best May, Apr
Albania442 records · best Sep, Oct
Tunisia388 records · best Feb, Dec
Armenia381 records · best May, Apr
Bahrain374 records · best Nov, Oct
Latvia352 records · best May, Aug
Guinea-Bissau285 records · best Jan, Feb
Montenegro271 records · best Sep, Apr
Tajikistan227 records · best Oct, May
Djibouti226 records · best Sep, Feb
Jordan222 records · best Mar, Oct
Cape Verde219 records · best Jan, Mar
Iraq213 records · best Jan, Mar
Palestine205 records · best Feb, Mar
Uzbekistan169 records · best Apr, May
East Timor168 records · best Oct, Sep
Mauritania158 records · best Jan, Mar
Palau147 records · best Oct, Sep
Libya120 records · best Sep, Oct
Guinea89 records · best Jan, Feb
Algeria82 records · best Apr, Dec
Moldova80 records · best Aug, Sep
Yemen72 records · best Jan, Nov
Luxembourg62 records · best May, Apr
Malta60 records · best Apr, Oct
Gabon54 records · best Jul, Aug
Afghanistan43 records · best Apr, Aug
Bosnia and Herzegovina37 records · best Apr, Mar
Kosovo37 records · best May, Jun
Sierra Leone36 records · best Jan, Dec
Lebanon35 records · best Mar, Jan
Eritrea33 records · best Oct, Jan
Sudan29 records · best Mar, Dec
Syria25 records · best Apr, Oct
Brunei17 records · best Aug, Oct
North Korea16 records · best Apr, May
Somalia15 records · best Jan, Aug
North Macedonia14 records · best May, Jun
Turkmenistan12 records · best Mar, May
Maldives2 records · best Aug, Jan
Micronesia1 records · best Nov, Jan
Seychelles1 records · best Nov, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.