When it is recorded
Jan154,129
Feb122,321
Mar158,070
Apr190,245
May183,740
Jun150,262
Jul140,352
Aug147,705
Sep135,472
Oct130,157
Nov104,430
Dec110,849
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 94,255 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 76,383 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 51,963 | |
| 4 | Surrey | England | 49,674 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 47,150 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 40,042 | |
| 7 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 36,804 | |
| 8 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 32,688 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 31,985 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 29,388 | |
| 11 | Lincolnshire | England | 29,221 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 26,603 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 24,268 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 23,314 | |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire | England | 21,962 |
1,517,656 England155,381 Scotland47,937 Wales10,172 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
- 1,731,616
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Columba palumbus
- Also known as
- Woodpigeon
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 321,147
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent, Oxfordshire, South Ayrshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cornwall, Essex, Lincolnshire, Dorset +115
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Columbiformes
- Family
- Columbidae
- Genus
- Columba
- Name with authority
- Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 59
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26026 · GBIF 2495455