Corn Crake

Crex crex

76,750Records since 2000

JunePeak month

46Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0

Feb0

Mar1

Apr227

May10,705

Jun41,112

Jul4,112

Aug89

Sep88

Oct47

Nov2

Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	28,133
2	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	13,665
3	Highland	Scotland	1,920
4	Cambridgeshire	England	1,835
5	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1,087
6	Shetland Islands	—	67
7	Norfolk	England	52
8	Peterborough	England	52
9	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	34
10	Isles of Scilly	England	27
11	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	27
12	North Yorkshire	England	8
13	Cumbria	England	7
14	Lincolnshire	England	6
15	Angus	Scotland	5

2,027 England74,614 Scotland4 Wales95 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 46 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 76,750
Peak month: June
Counties with records: 46
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Crex crex
Also known as: Corncrake
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 79,746
Most recorded in: Argyll and Bute, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Highland, Cambridgeshire, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands, Norfolk, Peterborough
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Rallidae
Genus: Crex
Name with authority: Crex crex (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 18