When it is recorded
Jan73,319
Feb53,412
Mar61,188
Apr68,543
May59,185
Jun43,088
Jul46,790
Aug61,948
Sep65,273
Oct68,056
Nov55,539
Dec54,329
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 40,770 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 31,192 | |
| 3 | Kent | England | 27,977 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 25,271 | |
| 5 | Dorset | England | 14,724 | |
| 6 | Essex | England | 14,610 | |
| 7 | Surrey | England | 14,558 | |
| 8 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 14,339 | |
| 9 | Cornwall | England | 12,520 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 12,323 | |
| 11 | Oxfordshire | England | 11,980 | |
| 12 | Rutland | England | 11,672 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 9,981 | |
| 14 | Nottinghamshire | England | 9,628 | |
| 15 | Somerset | England | 9,130 |
623,077 England56,222 Scotland26,238 Wales5,102 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
- 711,052
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Phalacrocorax carbo
- Also known as
- Great Cormorant
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 287,782
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Kent, Suffolk, Dorset, Essex, Surrey, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cornwall, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland +109
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Suliformes
- Family
- Phalacrocoracidae
- Genus
- Phalacrocorax
- Name with authority
- Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 65
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25440 · GBIF 2481890