When it is recorded
Jan987
Feb659
Mar299
Apr158
May65
Jun4
Jul9
Aug5
Sep32
Oct652
Nov607
Dec449
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 1,051 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 404 | |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 294 | |
| 4 | Suffolk | England | 230 | |
| 5 | Surrey | England | 150 | |
| 6 | Kent | England | 141 | |
| 7 | Shetland Islands | — | 90 | |
| 8 | East Lothian | Scotland | 73 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 63 | |
| 10 | Hartlepool | England | 46 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 39 | |
| 12 | Essex | England | 38 | |
| 13 | Isles of Scilly | England | 26 | |
| 14 | Conwy | Wales | 24 | |
| 15 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 22 |
3,671 England215 Scotland39 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 44 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 3,926
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 44
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Eremophila alpestris
- Also known as
- Shore Lark
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 229
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent, Shetland Islands, East Lothian, Lincolnshire
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Alaudidae
- Genus
- Eremophila
- Name with authority
- Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 8
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q207249 · GBIF 9415596