When it is recorded
Jan17
Feb17
Mar18
Apr10
May34
Jun40
Jul31
Aug18
Sep12
Oct10
Nov8
Dec10
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 117 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 78 | |
| 3 | Moray | Scotland | 55 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 22 | |
| 5 | Wakefield | England | 18 | |
| 6 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 17 | |
| 7 | Doncaster | England | 17 | |
| 8 | Nottinghamshire | England | 15 | |
| 9 | Cumbria | England | 14 | |
| 10 | Isle of Wight | England | 13 | |
| 11 | Ards and North Down | Northern Ireland | 13 | |
| 12 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 11 | |
| 13 | Fermanagh and Omagh | Northern Ireland | 11 | |
| 14 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig | Northern Ireland | 11 | |
| 15 | Newry, Mourne and Down | Northern Ireland | 10 |
228 England317 Scotland11 Wales84 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 38 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 649
- Peak month
- June
- Counties with records
- 38
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Asio otus
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 4,671
- Most recorded in
- Aberdeenshire, Highland, Moray
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Asio
- Name with authority
- Asio otus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 23
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25384 · GBIF 2497306