When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar5
Apr189
May190
Jun8
Jul0
Aug723
Sep1,838
Oct524
Nov11
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isles of Scilly | England | 527 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 280 | |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 280 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 209 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 196 | |
| 6 | Dorset | England | 192 | |
| 7 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 187 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 170 | |
| 9 | Shetland Islands | — | 163 | |
| 10 | Cambridgeshire | England | 116 | |
| 11 | Devon | England | 78 | |
| 12 | Lincolnshire | England | 41 | |
| 13 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 32 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 27 | |
| 15 | Essex | England | 26 |
2,969 England261 Scotland254 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 56 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,488
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 56
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Jynx torquilla
- Also known as
- Wryneck
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 372
- Most recorded in
- Isles of Scilly, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Suffolk, Cornwall, Dorset, Pembrokeshire, Kent, Shetland Islands, Cambridgeshire, Devon
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Jynx
- Name with authority
- Jynx torquilla Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 11
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25678 · GBIF 8012314