When it is recorded
Jan84,245
Feb68,826
Mar93,763
Apr123,699
May117,549
Jun92,683
Jul86,758
Aug78,888
Sep67,949
Oct79,253
Nov66,395
Dec62,591
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 56,309 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 45,677 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 30,887 | |
| 4 | Surrey | England | 28,123 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 26,175 | |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 23,873 | |
| 7 | Oxfordshire | England | 23,415 | |
| 8 | Cornwall | England | 21,747 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 19,777 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 17,925 | |
| 11 | Essex | England | 15,847 | |
| 12 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 15,080 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 14,447 | |
| 14 | Nottinghamshire | England | 13,601 | |
| 15 | Devon | England | 12,976 |
902,724 England83,469 Scotland32,018 Wales7,042 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
- 1,025,570
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Carduelis carduelis
- Also known as
- Goldfinch
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 409,499
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Essex, South Ayrshire +114
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Carduelis
- Name with authority
- Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 60
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25418 · GBIF 2494686