Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

430,953Records since 2000

OctoberPeak month

127Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan40,413

Feb27,314

Mar32,690

Apr43,303

May39,679

Jun30,836

Jul29,734

Aug36,727

Sep42,856

Oct45,617

Nov30,825

Dec28,556

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	32,611
2	Norfolk	England	25,595
3	Kent	England	20,576
4	Suffolk	England	18,936
5	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	14,809
6	Lincolnshire	England	12,085
7	Essex	England	11,835
8	Surrey	England	11,148
9	Dorset	England	9,150
10	North Yorkshire	England	8,618
11	Oxfordshire	England	8,159
12	Cornwall	England	7,501
13	Rutland	England	5,190
14	Nottinghamshire	England	4,951
15	Leeds	England	4,881

400,268 England21,021 Scotland8,493 Wales1,017 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 430,953
Peak month: October
Counties with records: 127
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Falco tinnunculus
Also known as: Kestrel
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 112,493
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Kent, Suffolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Essex, Surrey, Dorset, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Cornwall +103
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Falconidae
Genus: Falco
Name with authority: Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 63