When it is recorded
Jan8
Feb2
Mar33
Apr435
May161
Jun117
Jul281
Aug113
Sep28
Oct3
Nov4
Dec8
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wakefield | England | 91 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 81 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 72 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 71 | |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 49 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 49 | |
| 7 | North Tyneside | England | 48 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 41 | |
| 9 | Worcestershire | England | 39 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 37 | |
| 11 | Cornwall | England | 36 | |
| 12 | Shetland Islands | — | 34 | |
| 13 | Leeds | England | 25 | |
| 14 | Southend-on-Sea | England | 19 | |
| 15 | Isles of Scilly | England | 18 |
1,115 England47 Scotland28 Wales3 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 42 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,194
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 42
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Nycticorax nycticorax
- Also known as
- Night Heron
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 69
- Most recorded in
- Wakefield, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Norfolk
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Nycticorax
- Name with authority
- Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 7
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q126216 · GBIF 2480863