Hooded Crow: when and where to see it in Britain

When it is recorded

Jan2,750

Feb2,576

Mar3,206

Apr5,042

May8,305

Jun6,939

Jul4,900

Aug4,833

Sep6,078

Oct6,101

Nov2,333

Dec2,178

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Highland	Scotland	14,331
2	Shetland Islands	—	10,557
3	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	6,346
4	Orkney Islands	Scotland	4,118
5	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	3,048
6	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	2,580
7	Belfast	Northern Ireland	1,708
8	Ards and North Down	Northern Ireland	909
9	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	668
10	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig	Northern Ireland	638
11	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	636
12	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	628
13	Lisburn and Castlereagh	Northern Ireland	626
14	Moray	Scotland	591
15	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	473

1,203 England45,378 Scotland443 Wales8,943 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 81 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 56,265
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 81
Scientific name: Corvus cornix
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 11,344
Most recorded in: Highland, Shetland Islands, Argyll and Bute, Orkney Islands, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Causeway Coast and Glens, Belfast, Ards and North Down, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig, Mid and East Antrim, Aberdeenshire +19
Conservation designations: GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Corvus
Name with authority: Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 23