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Cirl Bunting

Emberiza cirlus

5,559Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
9Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan287
Feb256
Mar334
Apr105
May326
Jun345
Jul301
Aug413
Sep203
Oct303
Nov220
Dec181

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Devon England2,765
2Cornwall England315
3Torbay England284
4Dorset England96
5Somerset England28
6Plymouth England9
7Kent England1
8Highland Scotland1
9Orkney Islands Scotland1
5,548 England2 Scotland8 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 9 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
5,559
Peak month
August
Counties with records
9
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Emberiza cirlus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,819
Most recorded in
Devon, Cornwall, Torbay, Dorset
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Emberizidae
Genus
Emberiza
Name with authority
Emberiza cirlus Linnaeus, 1767
Described
1767
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q148583 · GBIF 7626513