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Eurasian Hobby

Falco subbuteo

61,403Records since 2000
MayPeak month
103Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb15
Mar20
Apr3,369
May17,505
Jun9,637
Jul7,091
Aug10,845
Sep11,016
Oct1,486
Nov23
Dec12

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England6,659
2Cambridgeshire England4,704
3Norfolk England4,649
4Kent England4,302
5Surrey England2,081
6Rutland England2,061
7Somerset England1,968
8Oxfordshire England1,761
9Essex England1,445
10Lincolnshire England1,335
11Dorset England1,185
12East Riding of Yorkshire England1,182
13Doncaster England904
14Nottinghamshire England783
15Salford England659
60,776 England142 Scotland476 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
61,403
Peak month
May
Counties with records
103
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Falco subbuteo
Also known as
Hobby
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
6,910
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species, Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Falconiformes
Family
Falconidae
Genus
Falco
Name with authority
Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
21

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25876 · GBIF 2481035