When it is recorded
Jan18,049
Feb14,283
Mar27,277
Apr57,959
May55,080
Jun38,884
Jul37,079
Aug39,015
Sep34,616
Oct36,409
Nov18,902
Dec13,655
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 29,269 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 21,449 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 17,931 | |
| 4 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 17,621 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 17,585 | |
| 6 | Cornwall | England | 12,636 | |
| 7 | Surrey | England | 10,668 | |
| 8 | Lincolnshire | England | 9,784 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 9,329 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 7,709 | |
| 11 | Oxfordshire | England | 7,691 | |
| 12 | North Yorkshire | England | 6,095 | |
| 13 | Devon | England | 5,930 | |
| 14 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 4,999 | |
| 15 | Sefton | England | 4,597 |
344,124 England33,222 Scotland14,786 Wales2,231 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
- 394,460
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Linaria cannabina
- Also known as
- Linnet
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 120,473
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kent, Cornwall, Surrey, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Essex, Oxfordshire, North Yorkshire +97
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Linaria
- Name with authority
- Linaria cannabina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 51
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27075852 · GBIF 8104397