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Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Scarce migrant · reporting peaks August · Pelicans · BOU category AEF

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

Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)
Dr. Raju Kasambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.

Dalmatian Pelican: 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.

Dalmatian Pelican has been recorded in 16 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (1%) in records to 2026. Scarce migrant in the UK. Reporting peaks in August.

Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN Red List, NT)
View on the IUCN Red List

Records by 10 km square

SquareWhereRecordsYearsVerified
SW32Cornwall, England142016unverified
SW42Cornwall, England142016unverified
SW83Cornwall, England122016unverified
SW62Cornwall, England102016unverified
SS53Devon, England72016unverified
SW97Cornwall, England72016unverified
SS43Devon, England62016unverified
SW53Cornwall, England62016unverified
SW73Cornwall, England52016unverified
SW43Cornwall, England22016unverified
SW72Cornwall, England22016unverified
SX35Cornwall, England12016unverified
SW84Cornwall, England12016unverified
SX45Plymouth, England12016unverified
SW33Cornwall, England12016unverified
TQ50East Sussex, England12015unverified

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