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Dunlin

Calidris alpina

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Cairngorms National Park
17 Verified records at Cairngorms National Park
May Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small wader in the genus Calidris. The English name is a dialect form of "dunling", first recorded in 1531–1532. It derives from dun, "dull brown", with the suffix -ling, meaning a person or thing with the given quality. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in western Europe are short-distance migrants largely staying on western and southern European and northwest African coasts; those breeding in far northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast and west Asia. Birds that breed in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic migrate short distances to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, although those nesting in northern Alaska overwinter in Asia. Wikipedia →

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Dunlin sighting in Cairngorms National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Cairngorms National Park

Sanderling
LC

Sanderling

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calidris alba

Insufficient data
Red Knot
NT

Red Knot

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calidris canutus

Insufficient data
Purple Sandpiper
LC

Purple Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Calidris maritima

Insufficient data
Eurasian Curlew
NT

Eurasian Curlew

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius arquata

20–30% · Possible
Common Sandpiper
LC

Common Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Actitis hypoleucos

20–30% · Possible
Common Redshank
LC

Common Redshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa totanus

10–20% · With luck
Common Snipe
LC

Common Snipe

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Gallinago gallinago

5–10% · With luck
Green Sandpiper
LC

Green Sandpiper

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa ochropus

Insufficient data
Red-necked Phalarope
LC

Red-necked Phalarope

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phalaropus lobatus

Insufficient data
Eurasian Woodcock
LC

Eurasian Woodcock

Bird

Scolopax rusticola

<5% · Rare
Common Greenshank
LC

Common Greenshank

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Tringa nebularia

<5% · Rare
Whimbrel
LC

Whimbrel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Numenius phaeopus

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
2 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
20–30%
3 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
4 Hortobágy National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
5 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
6 Vatnajokull National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
10–20%
7 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
8 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
10–20%
9 El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
10–20%
10 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
10–20%
11 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
10–20%
12 Białowieża National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
5–10%
13 Biebrza National Park 🇵🇱 Poland
5–10%
14 Death Valley National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
15 Ciénaga de Zapata 🇨🇺 Cuba
5–10%
16 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
17 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
18 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
19 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
20 Channel Islands National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
21 Redwood National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
22 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
23 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
24 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
25 Gros Morne National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%
26 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
<5%
27 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
28 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
29 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
30 Acadia National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
31 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
32 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
33 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
34 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
35 Gates of the Arctic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
36 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
37 Thingvellir National Park 🇮🇸 Iceland
Insufficient data
38 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
39 Kluane National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
40 Isle Royale National Park 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
41 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
42 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
43 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
44 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Dunlin in Cairngorms National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Dunlin sighting in Cairngorms National Park, based on 17 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Dunlin in Cairngorms National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Dunlin in Cairngorms National Park in our monthly data.

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