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European Serin

Serinus serinus

688Records since 2000
MayPeak month
23Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan81
Feb35
Mar71
Apr111
May134
Jun46
Jul23
Aug3
Sep4
Oct103
Nov62
Dec15

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Kent England139
2Isles of Scilly England82
3Dorset England60
4East Riding of Yorkshire England44
5Cornwall England43
6Cambridgeshire England41
7Southend-on-Sea England28
8Shetland Islands —23
9Suffolk England17
10Norfolk England14
11Lincolnshire England10
12Darlington England7
13Thurrock England6
14Devon England4
15Pembrokeshire Wales3
659 England24 Scotland3 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
688
Peak month
May
Counties with records
23
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Serinus serinus
Also known as
Serin
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
65
Most recorded in
Kent, Isles of Scilly, Dorset
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Serinus
Name with authority
Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Described
1766
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q271807 · GBIF 2494200