When it is recorded
Jan128,368
Feb97,611
Mar120,710
Apr134,768
May125,124
Jun98,423
Jul85,233
Aug90,228
Sep96,796
Oct108,005
Nov93,832
Dec96,363
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 59,380 | |
| 2 | Surrey | England | 43,290 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 41,001 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 38,935 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 35,526 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 28,665 | |
| 7 | Essex | England | 23,993 | |
| 8 | Cornwall | England | 23,827 | |
| 9 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 23,346 | |
| 10 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 21,963 | |
| 11 | Lincolnshire | England | 20,816 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 16,814 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 15,965 | |
| 14 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | 15,102 | |
| 15 | Cheshire East | England | 14,257 |
1,138,189 England87,406 Scotland42,085 Wales9,754 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,277,801
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 126
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Pica pica
- Also known as
- Magpie
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 201,451
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Surrey, Kent, Norfolk, Suffolk, Oxfordshire, Essex, Cornwall, East Riding of Yorkshire, South Ayrshire, Lincolnshire, Dorset +113
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Corvidae
- Genus
- Pica
- Name with authority
- Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 58
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25307 · GBIF 5229490