When it is recorded
Jan454
Feb56
Mar2,798
Apr76,791
May108,954
Jun74,361
Jul70,008
Aug85,210
Sep67,907
Oct18,249
Nov1,027
Dec105
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 23,134 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 20,121 | |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 17,807 | |
| 4 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 16,904 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 16,310 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 15,503 | |
| 7 | Cornwall | England | 15,237 | |
| 8 | Highland | Scotland | 12,675 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 11,505 | |
| 10 | North Yorkshire | England | 10,878 | |
| 11 | Lincolnshire | England | 10,841 | |
| 12 | Surrey | England | 9,869 | |
| 13 | Devon | England | 8,641 | |
| 14 | Essex | England | 8,323 | |
| 15 | Oxfordshire | England | 8,080 |
400,277 England78,370 Scotland24,195 Wales5,258 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 508,854
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Hirundo rustica
- Also known as
- Swallow
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 216,073
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, South Ayrshire, Suffolk, Kent, Cornwall, Highland, Dorset, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Surrey +112
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Genus
- Hirundo
- Name with authority
- Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 63
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25429 · GBIF 9515886