When it is recorded
Jan34,282
Feb26,326
Mar33,935
Apr39,815
May39,182
Jun30,652
Jul37,232
Aug45,759
Sep44,546
Oct41,656
Nov29,362
Dec25,160
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 36,316 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 23,611 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 21,795 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 16,608 | |
| 5 | Lincolnshire | England | 14,324 | |
| 6 | Dorset | England | 13,659 | |
| 7 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 13,433 | |
| 8 | Essex | England | 12,466 | |
| 9 | Rutland | England | 9,542 | |
| 10 | Somerset | England | 8,622 | |
| 11 | Cornwall | England | 8,275 | |
| 12 | Devon | England | 7,808 | |
| 13 | Oxfordshire | England | 6,558 | |
| 14 | Nottinghamshire | England | 5,711 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 4,744 |
404,180 England6,389 Scotland15,403 Wales1,978 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
- 428,078
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Egretta garzetta
- Also known as
- Little Egret
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 115,753
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Lincolnshire, Dorset, East Riding of Yorkshire, Essex, Rutland, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon +82
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds Directive, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Egretta
- Name with authority
- Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Described
- 1766
- Contributing datasets
- 28
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q131709 · GBIF 2480876