When it is recorded
Jan69,969
Feb54,972
Mar69,995
Apr80,020
May69,332
Jun48,919
Jul50,628
Aug56,860
Sep57,033
Oct58,191
Nov49,062
Dec49,759
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 47,446 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 25,957 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 21,535 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 20,362 | |
| 5 | Surrey | England | 18,998 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 15,338 | |
| 7 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 15,241 | |
| 8 | Lincolnshire | England | 15,144 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 14,985 | |
| 10 | North Yorkshire | England | 11,871 | |
| 11 | Nottinghamshire | England | 10,828 | |
| 12 | Rutland | England | 10,326 | |
| 13 | Gloucestershire | England | 10,277 | |
| 14 | Leeds | England | 9,638 | |
| 15 | Cornwall | England | 8,617 |
664,683 England31,405 Scotland16,819 Wales3,668 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
- 716,783
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Gallinula chloropus
- Also known as
- Moorhen
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 387,858
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Surrey, Oxfordshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Essex, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland +112
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Gallinula
- Name with authority
- Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 49
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q18847 · GBIF 5228199