When it is recorded
Jan13,219
Feb7,845
Mar9,171
Apr7,823
May8,421
Jun6,850
Jul9,644
Aug15,250
Sep18,531
Oct17,744
Nov13,719
Dec11,647
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 7,802 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 6,210 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 5,194 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 4,066 | |
| 5 | Surrey | England | 3,735 | |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | England | 2,762 | |
| 7 | Lincolnshire | England | 2,609 | |
| 8 | Oxfordshire | England | 2,552 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 2,518 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 2,477 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 2,387 | |
| 12 | Somerset | England | 2,315 | |
| 13 | Cornwall | England | 2,036 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 2,019 | |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire | England | 1,963 |
130,542 England4,692 Scotland4,025 Wales938 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 140,284
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 125
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Alcedo atthis
- Also known as
- Kingfisher
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 87,680
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Surrey, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Dorset, Essex, Devon, Somerset +88
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Alcedo
- Name with authority
- Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 49
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q79915 · GBIF 2475532