When it is recorded
Jan930
Feb557
Mar758
Apr929
May856
Jun420
Jul451
Aug577
Sep1,664
Oct1,262
Nov636
Dec514
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset | England | 988 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 885 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 754 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 724 | |
| 5 | Suffolk | England | 625 | |
| 6 | Devon | England | 460 | |
| 7 | Oxfordshire | England | 436 | |
| 8 | Gloucestershire | England | 361 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 308 | |
| 10 | Northamptonshire | England | 256 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 242 | |
| 12 | Bath and North East Somerset | England | 224 | |
| 13 | Leeds | England | 192 | |
| 14 | Cornwall | England | 187 | |
| 15 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 144 |
9,171 England187 Scotland181 Wales15 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 75 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 9,557
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 75
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Plegadis falcinellus
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 614
- Most recorded in
- Somerset, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Kent, Suffolk, Devon, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Dorset, Bath and North East Somerset +8
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Threskiornithidae
- Genus
- Plegadis
- Name with authority
- Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Described
- 1766
- Contributing datasets
- 7
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q178811 · GBIF 2480773