When it is recorded
Jan145,028
Feb108,574
Mar135,611
Apr173,431
May185,081
Jun141,443
Jul98,542
Aug67,588
Sep64,546
Oct93,878
Nov93,433
Dec103,097
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 66,092 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 57,315 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 37,917 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 37,066 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 36,797 | |
| 6 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 35,083 | |
| 7 | Oxfordshire | England | 30,886 | |
| 8 | Cornwall | England | 28,314 | |
| 9 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 26,695 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 26,021 | |
| 11 | Lincolnshire | England | 22,969 | |
| 12 | North Yorkshire | England | 22,050 | |
| 13 | Dorset | England | 21,829 | |
| 14 | Essex | England | 21,327 | |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire | England | 18,179 |
1,200,511 England149,644 Scotland53,019 Wales11,002 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
- 1,414,772
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Turdus merula
- Also known as
- Common Blackbird
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 659,266
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Surrey, Suffolk, Kent, South Ayrshire, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, East Riding of Yorkshire, Devon, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire +115
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Turdidae
- Genus
- Turdus
- Name with authority
- Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 64
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25234 · GBIF 2490719