When it is recorded
Jan37,933
Feb29,209
Mar37,849
Apr40,994
May41,034
Jun33,141
Jul24,497
Aug27,886
Sep27,241
Oct31,091
Nov27,463
Dec27,478
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surrey | England | 20,155 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 15,644 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 15,284 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 11,764 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 11,606 | |
| 6 | Oxfordshire | England | 10,055 | |
| 7 | Devon | England | 8,259 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 7,588 | |
| 9 | Dorset | England | 6,111 | |
| 10 | North Yorkshire | England | 5,460 | |
| 11 | Highland | Scotland | 5,366 | |
| 12 | Cornwall | England | 5,255 | |
| 13 | Somerset | England | 4,961 | |
| 14 | Gloucestershire | England | 4,837 | |
| 15 | Lincolnshire | England | 4,500 |
349,932 England23,346 Scotland13,824 Wales705 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
- 388,011
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Dendrocopos major
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 152,647
- Most recorded in
- Surrey, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Oxfordshire, Devon, Essex, Dorset, North Yorkshire, Highland, Cornwall +103
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Piciformes
- Family
- Picidae
- Genus
- Dendrocopos
- Name with authority
- Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 52
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26209 · GBIF 2477968