When it is recorded
Jan4,138
Feb2,914
Mar2,386
Apr833
May1,751
Jun1,794
Jul441
Aug112
Sep110
Oct2,039
Nov3,510
Dec2,794
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 1,851 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 1,795 | |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 1,241 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 910 | |
| 5 | North Yorkshire | England | 874 | |
| 6 | Suffolk | England | 732 | |
| 7 | Surrey | England | 725 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 598 | |
| 9 | Shetland Islands | — | 587 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 553 | |
| 11 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 384 | |
| 12 | Cornwall | England | 281 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 263 | |
| 14 | Dorset | England | 255 | |
| 15 | Essex | England | 252 |
18,827 England3,987 Scotland573 Wales248 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 124 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 23,674
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 124
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Scolopax rusticola
- Also known as
- Woodcock
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 24,220
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Highland, North Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent, Shetland Islands, Lincolnshire, Aberdeenshire, Cornwall +45
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Scolopax
- Name with authority
- Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 38
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26114 · GBIF 2481700