When it is recorded
Jan15
Feb15
Mar28
Apr36,107
May79,052
Jun48,071
Jul27,814
Aug24,814
Sep12,194
Oct623
Nov25
Dec18
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 14,956 | |
| 2 | Suffolk | England | 11,723 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 10,135 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 9,582 | |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 9,122 | |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 7,601 | |
| 7 | Essex | England | 6,078 | |
| 8 | Lincolnshire | England | 5,297 | |
| 9 | Oxfordshire | England | 4,853 | |
| 10 | Cornwall | England | 4,723 | |
| 11 | Dorset | England | 3,577 | |
| 12 | North Yorkshire | England | 3,262 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 3,126 | |
| 14 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 2,803 | |
| 15 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 2,525 |
206,926 England15,694 Scotland8,346 Wales597 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 231,628
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 126
- Scientific name
- Sylvia communis
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire, Surrey, Essex, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Cornwall, Dorset, North Yorkshire +93
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sylviidae
- Genus
- Sylvia
- Name with authority
- Sylvia communis Latham, 1787
- Described
- 1787
- Contributing datasets
- 53
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26974 · GBIF 2492943