When it is recorded
Jan200
Feb214
Mar214
Apr10,381
May108,835
Jun111,687
Jul97,932
Aug29,230
Sep4,457
Oct286
Nov78
Dec51
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 19,580 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 17,738 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 13,172 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 10,577 | |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 10,381 | |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 9,272 | |
| 7 | North Yorkshire | England | 9,041 | |
| 8 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 7,672 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 7,250 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 6,845 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 6,207 | |
| 12 | Somerset | England | 5,762 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 5,567 | |
| 14 | Cornwall | England | 5,475 | |
| 15 | Cumbria | England | 5,232 |
351,767 England27,355 Scotland13,877 Wales4,178 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
- 397,376
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Apus apus
- Also known as
- Swift
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 193,212
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Essex, Devon, Somerset +114
- Conservation designations
- Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Apus
- Name with authority
- Apus apus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 53
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25377 · GBIF 5228676