When it is recorded
Jan635
Feb520
Mar867
Apr240
May23
Jun13
Jul7
Aug5
Sep148
Oct795
Nov525
Dec215
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 401 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 382 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 238 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 201 | |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 165 | |
| 6 | Gloucestershire | England | 139 | |
| 7 | Lincolnshire | England | 119 | |
| 8 | Kent | England | 111 | |
| 9 | Shetland Islands | — | 107 | |
| 10 | Essex | England | 106 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 104 | |
| 12 | Nottinghamshire | England | 102 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 84 | |
| 14 | East Lothian | Scotland | 56 | |
| 15 | Highland | Scotland | 52 |
3,545 England357 Scotland92 Wales4 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 70 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,999
- Peak month
- March
- Counties with records
- 70
- Scientific name
- Lanius excubitor
- Also known as
- Great Grey Shrike
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 254
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Surrey, Suffolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire, Lincolnshire, Kent, Shetland Islands, Essex, Dorset, Nottinghamshire +3
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Laniidae
- Genus
- Lanius
- Name with authority
- Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 11
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9444556