When it is recorded
Jan50,317
Feb43,292
Mar63,960
Apr76,058
May64,273
Jun48,956
Jul40,970
Aug48,061
Sep46,828
Oct44,762
Nov32,340
Dec33,297
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 32,836 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 31,959 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 19,778 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 17,622 | |
| 5 | Surrey | England | 17,243 | |
| 6 | Cornwall | England | 17,195 | |
| 7 | Highland | Scotland | 13,289 | |
| 8 | Oxfordshire | England | 12,433 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 11,848 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 11,622 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 11,120 | |
| 12 | Essex | England | 10,849 | |
| 13 | Devon | England | 10,050 | |
| 14 | Gloucestershire | England | 9,097 | |
| 15 | Somerset | England | 8,727 |
512,346 England54,396 Scotland24,520 Wales4,423 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 596,254
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Buteo buteo
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 169,985
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Surrey, Cornwall, Highland, Oxfordshire, Lincolnshire, Dorset, North Yorkshire, Essex +111
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Buteo
- Name with authority
- Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 62
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25385 · GBIF 2480537