When it is recorded
Jan21,415
Feb15,651
Mar20,707
Apr26,187
May16,605
Jun10,467
Jul13,146
Aug22,907
Sep24,203
Oct25,364
Nov17,614
Dec15,354
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 11,326 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 10,800 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 8,701 | |
| 4 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 8,421 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 7,141 | |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 5,262 | |
| 7 | North Yorkshire | England | 4,805 | |
| 8 | Lincolnshire | England | 4,588 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 4,403 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 4,033 | |
| 11 | Oxfordshire | England | 3,945 | |
| 12 | Cornwall | England | 3,932 | |
| 13 | Rutland | England | 3,195 | |
| 14 | Sefton | England | 2,664 | |
| 15 | Nottinghamshire | England | 2,624 |
206,714 England16,872 Scotland5,903 Wales1,701 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
- 231,351
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Accipiter nisus
- Also known as
- Sparrowhawk
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 66,897
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Essex, Dorset, Oxfordshire, Cornwall +106
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Accipiter
- Name with authority
- Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 53
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25380 · GBIF 2480637