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Bird's-nest Orchid

Neottia nidus-avis

509Records since 2000
MayPeak month
40Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb5
Mar1
Apr9
May191
Jun187
Jul30
Aug15
Sep5
Oct4
Nov2
Dec2

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England37
2Gloucestershire England34
3Worcestershire England31
4North Yorkshire England27
5Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland23
6Perth and Kinross Scotland21
7Telford and Wrekin England17
8Oxfordshire England15
9Norfolk England14
10Kent England13
11Cumbria England12
12Argyll and Bute Scotland12
13Highland Scotland11
14Herefordshire, County of England10
15Monmouthshire Wales10
363 England53 Scotland24 Wales25 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 40 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
509
Peak month
May
Counties with records
40
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Neottia nidus-avis
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,926
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Neottia
Name with authority
Neottia nidus-avis (L.) Rich.
Contributing datasets
24

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q157441 · GBIF 2816176