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Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

215,086Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
110Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan24,088
Feb18,841
Mar25,047
Apr28,032
May15,827
Jun14,491
Jul12,406
Aug15,732
Sep15,132
Oct14,730
Nov14,132
Dec15,866

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England13,457
2Norfolk England7,794
3Devon England5,616
4Trafford England5,468
5Cheshire East England4,513
6Cumbria England4,331
7Dorset England4,267
8Kent England3,709
9Gloucestershire England3,644
10North Yorkshire England3,606
11Oxfordshire England3,120
12Suffolk England2,657
13Cambridgeshire England2,525
14Essex England2,478
15Worcestershire England2,418
195,075 England9,153 Scotland10,843 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 110 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
215,086
Peak month
April
Counties with records
110
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Sitta europaea
Also known as
Wood Nuthatch
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
89,199
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Sittidae
Genus
Sitta
Name with authority
Sitta europaea Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
35

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156767 · GBIF 2484916