When it is recorded
Jan4
Feb5
Mar11
Apr4,739
May6,611
Jun1,391
Jul303
Aug259
Sep67
Oct55
Nov5
Dec2
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suffolk | England | 3,268 | |
| 2 | Essex | England | 1,593 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 1,115 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 990 | |
| 5 | Medway | England | 362 | |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 343 | |
| 7 | Thurrock | England | 286 | |
| 8 | Rutland | England | 281 | |
| 9 | Norfolk | England | 235 | |
| 10 | West Berkshire | England | 177 | |
| 11 | Peterborough | England | 171 | |
| 12 | Gloucestershire | England | 170 | |
| 13 | Lincolnshire | England | 129 | |
| 14 | Somerset | England | 119 | |
| 15 | Dorset | England | 113 |
13,748 England36 Scotland16 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 13,807
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 44
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Luscinia megarhynchos
- Also known as
- Nightingale
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 10,518
- Most recorded in
- Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire, Medway, Surrey, Thurrock, Rutland, Norfolk, West Berkshire, Peterborough, Gloucestershire +3
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Luscinia
- Name with authority
- Luscinia megarhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1831
- Described
- 1831
- Contributing datasets
- 15
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25393 · GBIF 7660710