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Bird Cherry

Prunus padus

5,516Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
123Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb7
Mar55
Apr2,138
May2,117
Jun351
Jul251
Aug187
Sep130
Oct48
Nov22
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland242
2Norfolk England177
3Cumbria England156
4Worcestershire England151
5Sefton England149
6North Yorkshire England139
7Perth and Kinross Scotland99
8Cambridgeshire England84
9East Ayrshire Scotland83
10Oxfordshire England82
11Sheffield England76
12Powys Wales71
13Aberdeenshire Scotland65
14Surrey England64
15City of Edinburgh Scotland57
1,714 England469 Scotland60 Wales23 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,516
Peak month
April
Counties with records
123
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Prunus padus
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,721
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus
Name with authority
Prunus padus L.
Contributing datasets
33

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q165424 · GBIF 3021037