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Eurasian Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

148,874Records since 2000
MayPeak month
113Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan24
Feb30
Mar50
Apr21,069
May47,709
Jun30,622
Jul24,162
Aug16,469
Sep6,302
Oct1,055
Nov65
Dec33

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England14,271
2Suffolk England10,298
3Norfolk England7,821
4Kent England6,860
5East Riding of Yorkshire England4,585
6Lincolnshire England4,108
7Dorset England3,672
8Essex England3,466
9Somerset England3,287
10Oxfordshire England2,790
11Surrey England2,614
12Rutland England2,319
13Nottinghamshire England2,170
14Gloucestershire England2,018
15Thurrock England1,930
144,048 England860 Scotland3,823 Wales82 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 113 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
148,874
Peak month
May
Counties with records
113
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Also known as
Reed Warbler
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
114,979
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Acrocephalidae
Genus
Acrocephalus
Name with authority
Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804)
Described
1804
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159080 · GBIF 2493118