When it is recorded
Jan16,626
Feb12,600
Mar18,156
Apr18,611
May18,433
Jun14,244
Jul11,334
Aug12,720
Sep24,805
Oct29,187
Nov18,621
Dec14,053
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | England | 6,768 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 5,683 | |
| 3 | Cornwall | England | 5,672 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 4,789 | |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 4,742 | |
| 6 | North Yorkshire | England | 4,519 | |
| 7 | Norfolk | England | 4,421 | |
| 8 | Devon | England | 4,037 | |
| 9 | Highland | Scotland | 3,408 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 3,317 | |
| 11 | Trafford | England | 3,144 | |
| 12 | Suffolk | England | 2,999 | |
| 13 | Cumbria | England | 2,804 | |
| 14 | Bury | England | 2,658 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 2,611 |
179,995 England19,888 Scotland9,072 Wales1,660 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
- 210,755
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Motacilla cinerea
- Also known as
- Grey Wagtail
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 49,937
- Most recorded in
- Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Kent, Oxfordshire, North Yorkshire, Norfolk, Devon, Highland, Dorset, Trafford, Suffolk +104
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Motacilla
- Name with authority
- Motacilla cinerea Tunstall, 1771
- Described
- 1771
- Contributing datasets
- 51
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q201316 · GBIF 2490310