When it is recorded
Jan2,506
Feb1,926
Mar3,143
Apr3,505
May2,765
Jun2,678
Jul2,540
Aug2,435
Sep2,064
Oct1,805
Nov1,258
Dec1,215
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 2,038 | |
| 2 | Leeds | England | 1,603 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 1,448 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 1,332 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 1,245 | |
| 6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 1,139 | |
| 7 | Dorset | England | 1,030 | |
| 8 | Suffolk | England | 1,014 | |
| 9 | Essex | England | 715 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 657 | |
| 11 | North Yorkshire | England | 600 | |
| 12 | Calderdale | England | 403 | |
| 13 | Somerset | England | 392 | |
| 14 | Milton Keynes | England | 239 | |
| 15 | Oxfordshire | England | 222 |
27,555 England14 Scotland550 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 82 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 28,128
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 82
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Athene noctua
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 11,499
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Leeds, Surrey, Norfolk, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire, Dorset, Suffolk, Essex, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Calderdale +24
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Athene
- Name with authority
- Athene noctua (Scopoli, 1769)
- Described
- 1769
- Contributing datasets
- 18
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q129958 · GBIF 2497266