Rotherham

307,598Records since 2000

2,963Species recorded

Facts

Records since 2000: 307,598
Species recorded: 2,963
Nation: England
Type of area: Metropolitan Borough

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0)

Most recorded species in Rotherham

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	7,905
2	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	7,740
3	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	6,933
4	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	6,931
5	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	6,668
6	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	6,594
7	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	6,594
8	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	6,580
9	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	6,295
10	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	6,014
11	Eurasian Coot Fulica atra	Birds	April	5,957
12	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	5,825
13	Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus	Birds	April	5,752
14	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	5,287
15	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	5,152
16	Mute Swan Cygnus olor	Birds	April	5,019
17	Graylag Goose Anser anser	Birds	April	4,980
18	Gadwall Mareca strepera	Birds	April	4,923
19	Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Birds	May	4,609
20	Great Cormorant/European Shag Phalacrocorax carbo	Birds	January	4,565
21	Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula	Birds	April	4,481
22	Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata	Birds	January	4,280
23	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	4,216
24	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	3,941
25	Green-winged Teal Anas crecca	Birds	January	3,751
26	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	3,715
27	Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Birds	August	3,682
28	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	3,671
29	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	3,599
30	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	3,593
31	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	3,311
32	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	3,309
33	Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis	Birds	January	3,273
34	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	3,222
35	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	3,101
36	Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope	Birds	January	3,090
37	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	3,050
38	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	2,972
39	Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus	Birds	May	2,938
40	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	2,641
41	Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus	Birds	May	2,618
42	Common Pochard Aythya ferina	Birds	January	2,538
43	Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus	Birds	April	2,535
44	Stock Dove Columba oenas	Birds	April	2,482
45	Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna	Birds	April	2,169
46	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	1,971
47	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Birds	May	1,952
48	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Birds	January	1,894
49	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	1,868
50	Common Redshank Tringa totanus	Birds	April	1,821
51	Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti	Birds	April	1,769
52	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	1,648
53	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Birds	May	1,605
54	Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta	Birds	May	1,548
55	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	1,481
56	Eurasian Linnet Linaria cannabina	Birds	April	1,407
57	Mew Gull Larus canus	Birds	January	1,366
58	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	1,326
59	Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago	Birds	October	1,226
60	Common House-Martin Delichon urbicum	Birds	May	1,190