Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

68,995Records since 2000

MayPeak month

123Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6,991

Feb5,005

Mar5,942

Apr6,989

May7,827

Jun6,102

Jul5,014

Aug4,225

Sep4,705

Oct6,975

Nov4,282

Dec3,989

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	14,427
2	North Yorkshire	England	5,611
3	Cambridgeshire	England	2,896
4	Cumbria	England	2,023
5	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	2,010
6	Lincolnshire	England	1,533
7	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	1,194
8	Rutland	England	1,187
9	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	1,049
10	Fife	Scotland	1,041
11	Salford	England	1,006
12	East Lothian	Scotland	995
13	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	945
14	Kent	England	881
15	Highland	Scotland	793

55,998 England11,788 Scotland274 Wales904 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 123 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 68,995
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 123
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Passer montanus
Also known as: Tree sparrow
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 97,783
Most recorded in: East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumbria, Aberdeenshire, Lincolnshire, City of Edinburgh, Rutland, Perth and Kinross, Fife, Salford, East Lothian +44
Conservation designations: Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Passer
Name with authority: Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 30