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Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Vagrant · reporting peaks January · Sandpipers and Allies · BOU category A

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
Silver Leapers from remote NE Coastline, Newfoundland, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Too few records to rate squares by month. Each marked square has at least one record; the table below gives the count and years.

Hudsonian Whimbrel: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Hudsonian Whimbrel has been recorded in 4 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (0%) in records to 2026. Vagrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in January.

Conservation status: Not Evaluated (IUCN Red List, NE)
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Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
SJ48Liverpool, England12018unverified
SW52Cornwall, England32016unverified
SX06Cornwall, England12016unverified
SW33Cornwall, England12016unverified

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