When it is recorded
Jan7,538
Feb5,613
Mar6,423
Apr8,628
May10,777
Jun9,937
Jul9,072
Aug11,150
Sep11,008
Oct12,435
Nov5,999
Dec5,606
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwall | England | 11,440 | |
| 2 | Shetland Islands | — | 8,717 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 5,904 | |
| 4 | Isles of Scilly | England | 4,389 | |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 3,747 | |
| 6 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 3,594 | |
| 7 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 3,545 | |
| 8 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 3,403 | |
| 9 | East Lothian | Scotland | 3,375 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 3,158 | |
| 11 | Fife | Scotland | 2,953 | |
| 12 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 2,785 | |
| 13 | Aberdeen City | Scotland | 2,339 | |
| 14 | Devon | England | 2,108 | |
| 15 | Gwynedd | Wales | 2,090 |
45,037 England48,721 Scotland8,058 Wales2,440 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 103 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 104,847
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 103
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax aristotelis
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Cornwall, Shetland Islands, Highland, Isles of Scilly, East Riding of Yorkshire, Argyll and Bute, South Ayrshire, Orkney Islands, East Lothian, Dorset, Fife, Pembrokeshire +38
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Genus
- Phalacrocorax
- Name with authority
- Phalacrocorax aristotelis (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Described
- 1761
- Contributing datasets
- 38
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q115452 · GBIF 2481861