When it is recorded
Jan19,002
Feb17,471
Mar22,167
Apr16,572
May14,056
Jun11,513
Jul8,133
Aug4,803
Sep10,688
Oct23,742
Nov16,641
Dec13,082
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highland | Scotland | 11,124 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 9,186 | |
| 3 | Devon | England | 6,616 | |
| 4 | Surrey | England | 5,408 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 5,100 | |
| 6 | Cambridgeshire | England | 4,993 | |
| 7 | North Yorkshire | England | 4,216 | |
| 8 | Dorset | England | 4,086 | |
| 9 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 4,012 | |
| 10 | Kent | England | 3,823 | |
| 11 | Cumbria | England | 3,542 | |
| 12 | Cornwall | England | 3,452 | |
| 13 | Perth and Kinross | Scotland | 2,236 | |
| 14 | Oxfordshire | England | 2,069 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 2,032 |
136,974 England33,160 Scotland7,825 Wales1,277 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
- 179,309
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Spinus spinus
- Also known as
- Siskin
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 118,513
- Most recorded in
- Highland, Norfolk, Devon, Surrey, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, North Yorkshire, Dorset, East Riding of Yorkshire, Kent, Cumbria, Cornwall +95
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Spinus
- Name with authority
- Spinus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 45
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q27075864 · GBIF 6092830