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Eagle Owl

Bubo bubo

95Records since 2000
DecemberPeak month
15Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan7
Feb9
Mar8
Apr7
May13
Jun13
Jul4
Aug5
Sep1
Oct5
Nov5
Dec14

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales19
2Norfolk England8
3North Yorkshire England4
4Gwynedd Wales3
5Kent England2
6Isle of Anglesey Wales2
7Nottingham England2
8Gloucestershire England1
9Pembrokeshire Wales1
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland1
11Conwy Wales1
12Swansea Wales1
13Redcar and Cleveland England1
14Clackmannanshire Scotland1
15Blackpool —1
46 England2 Scotland47 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
95
Peak month
December
Counties with records
15
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Bubo bubo
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
83
Conservation designations
Birds Directive, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Strigiformes
Family
Strigidae
Genus
Bubo
Name with authority
Bubo bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q130933 · GBIF 5959092