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Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

1,244Records since 2000
MayPeak month
30Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr66
May746
Jun415
Jul8
Aug1
Sep2
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England551
2Lincolnshire England122
3Somerset England101
4Norfolk England57
5Wakefield England41
6Shetland Islands —40
7East Riding of Yorkshire England31
8Suffolk England23
9Surrey England21
10Bedford England20
11Kent England14
12Blackpool —9
13Cornwall England6
14Northamptonshire England6
15Leeds England6
1,188 England51 Scotland5 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,244
Peak month
May
Counties with records
30
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Group
Birds
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Acrocephalidae
Genus
Acrocephalus
Name with authority
Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q180835 · GBIF 2493128