When it is recorded
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr17
May1
Jun37
Jul20
Aug168
Sep52
Oct31
Nov19
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 124 | |
| 2 | Cumbria | England | 27 | |
| 3 | Isles of Scilly | England | 27 | |
| 4 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 21 | |
| 5 | Shetland Islands | — | 17 | |
| 6 | Isle of Wight | England | 16 | |
| 7 | Dorset | England | 11 | |
| 8 | Nottinghamshire | England | 7 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 6 | |
| 10 | Kent | England | 5 | |
| 11 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 5 | |
| 12 | Worcestershire | England | 3 | |
| 13 | Suffolk | England | 2 | |
| 14 | Herefordshire, County of | England | 2 | |
| 15 | Highland | Scotland | 1 |
318 England22 Scotland5 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 19 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 345
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 19
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Merops apiaster
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Meropidae
- Genus
- Merops
- Name with authority
- Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q170718 · GBIF 2475443