Hen Harrier

Circus cyaneus

14,659Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

105Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3,996

Feb80

Mar83

Apr138

May166

Jun212

Jul183

Aug947

Sep1,321

Oct2,629

Nov2,440

Dec2,307

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	1,475
2	Norfolk	England	1,464
3	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1,282
4	Kent	England	861
5	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	594
6	Highland	Scotland	579
7	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	517
8	Lincolnshire	England	513
9	Dorset	England	441
10	Essex	England	401
11	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	395
12	Suffolk	England	312
13	Wrexham	Wales	217
14	Cornwall	England	200
15	Pembrokeshire	Wales	198

9,483 England3,794 Scotland1,190 Wales171 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 105 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 14,659
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 105
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Circus cyaneus
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 7,592
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Orkney Islands, Kent, Argyll and Bute, Highland, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Essex, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Suffolk +24
Conservation designations: Convention on Migratory Species, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Circus
Name with authority: Circus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Described: 1766
Contributing datasets: 31