When it is recorded
Jan7,607
Feb5,932
Mar15,567
Apr101,342
May103,497
Jun65,927
Jul38,870
Aug26,920
Sep25,020
Oct16,196
Nov3,957
Dec4,999
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 22,049 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 17,049 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 15,447 | |
| 4 | Surrey | England | 13,183 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 12,987 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 12,565 | |
| 7 | Oxfordshire | England | 9,919 | |
| 8 | Cornwall | England | 8,521 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 8,008 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 7,857 | |
| 11 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 7,418 | |
| 12 | Lincolnshire | England | 6,164 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 6,084 | |
| 14 | Somerset | England | 5,971 | |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire | England | 5,389 |
377,453 England24,855 Scotland13,205 Wales2,452 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
- 418,202
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Sylvia atricapilla
- Also known as
- Blackcap
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 350,824
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent, Devon, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, Dorset, Essex, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire +110
- Conservation designations
- GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Genus
- Sylvia
- Name with authority
- Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 52
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q188446 · GBIF 2492956