When it is recorded
Jan59,682
Feb48,644
Mar62,760
Apr75,007
May67,539
Jun45,796
Jul43,178
Aug46,166
Sep43,183
Oct41,443
Nov37,700
Dec39,810
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 41,485 | |
| 2 | Kent | England | 20,390 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 18,173 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 15,368 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 15,327 | |
| 6 | Essex | England | 13,773 | |
| 7 | Oxfordshire | England | 11,534 | |
| 8 | Nottinghamshire | England | 11,436 | |
| 9 | Rutland | England | 11,127 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 10,709 | |
| 11 | Leeds | England | 9,141 | |
| 12 | Gloucestershire | England | 9,010 | |
| 13 | Cheshire East | England | 8,437 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 7,875 | |
| 15 | Sefton | England | 7,698 |
577,276 England18,799 Scotland13,119 Wales3,065 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
- 612,400
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Fulica atra
- Also known as
- Coot
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 351,410
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Kent, Surrey, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Oxfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Leeds, Gloucestershire +105
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Fulica
- Name with authority
- Fulica atra Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 47
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25376 · GBIF 2474377