When it is recorded
Jan38
Feb20
Mar8
Apr113
May95
Jun47
Jul22
Aug20
Sep34
Oct36
Nov55
Dec23
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lincolnshire | England | 74 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 61 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 60 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 51 | |
| 5 | Isles of Scilly | England | 43 | |
| 6 | Norfolk | England | 31 | |
| 7 | North Yorkshire | England | 24 | |
| 8 | Shetland Islands | — | 20 | |
| 9 | Powys | Wales | 19 | |
| 10 | Suffolk | England | 17 | |
| 11 | Highland | Scotland | 12 | |
| 12 | Worcestershire | England | 12 | |
| 13 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 9 | |
| 14 | Dorset | England | 7 | |
| 15 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 7 |
438 England47 Scotland26 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 33 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 511
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 33
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Milvus migrans
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Cornwall
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Milvus
- Name with authority
- Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)
- Described
- 1783
- Contributing datasets
- 5
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q80362 · GBIF 5229167