When it is recorded
Jan7,814
Feb6,405
Mar5,778
Apr4,872
May5,495
Jun4,964
Jul3,939
Aug2,396
Sep2,163
Oct3,176
Nov2,950
Dec3,422
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 7,053 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 5,233 | |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 4,334 | |
| 4 | North Yorkshire | England | 2,285 | |
| 5 | Lincolnshire | England | 2,270 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 2,253 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 1,727 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 1,192 | |
| 9 | Oxfordshire | England | 1,117 | |
| 10 | Rutland | England | 882 | |
| 11 | Surrey | England | 656 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 656 | |
| 13 | Somerset | England | 624 | |
| 14 | Thurrock | England | 621 | |
| 15 | Cornwall | England | 576 |
51,167 England2,343 Scotland855 Wales164 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 54,544
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 124
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Tyto alba
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 98,834
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Kent, Essex, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Surrey, Dorset +52
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Tytonidae
- Genus
- Tyto
- Name with authority
- Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769)
- Described
- 1769
- Contributing datasets
- 45
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25317 · GBIF 2497921