When it is recorded
Jan10,339
Feb7,761
Mar7,880
Apr7,244
May6,606
Jun5,131
Jul6,947
Aug10,638
Sep11,626
Oct12,328
Nov9,299
Dec7,644
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 12,823 | |
| 2 | Somerset | England | 7,624 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 6,682 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 5,504 | |
| 5 | Rutland | England | 5,446 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 4,473 | |
| 7 | Essex | England | 3,836 | |
| 8 | Lincolnshire | England | 3,222 | |
| 9 | Nottinghamshire | England | 2,752 | |
| 10 | Bath and North East Somerset | England | 2,579 | |
| 11 | Northamptonshire | England | 2,413 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 2,293 | |
| 13 | Oxfordshire | England | 2,046 | |
| 14 | Leeds | England | 1,932 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 1,798 |
100,313 England1,151 Scotland1,865 Wales101 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 117 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 103,444
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 117
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Ardea alba
- Also known as
- Great white egret
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 10,684
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Somerset, Norfolk, Suffolk, Rutland, Kent, Essex, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Bath and North East Somerset, Northamptonshire, Dorset +44
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Ardea
- Name with authority
- Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 15
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q130730 · GBIF 9752617