When it is recorded
Jan27,191
Feb18,866
Mar35,930
Apr45,197
May37,977
Jun29,223
Jul22,111
Aug20,828
Sep50,470
Oct60,767
Nov32,197
Dec21,689
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 22,438 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 17,502 | |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 16,055 | |
| 4 | Highland | Scotland | 14,896 | |
| 5 | Kent | England | 14,698 | |
| 6 | Cornwall | England | 12,355 | |
| 7 | Suffolk | England | 11,835 | |
| 8 | Shetland Islands | — | 9,873 | |
| 9 | Lincolnshire | England | 9,178 | |
| 10 | Dorset | England | 8,994 | |
| 11 | Surrey | England | 8,231 | |
| 12 | South Ayrshire | Scotland | 7,661 | |
| 13 | North Yorkshire | England | 6,878 | |
| 14 | Essex | England | 5,807 | |
| 15 | Oxfordshire | England | 5,261 |
313,425 England71,141 Scotland18,451 Wales3,601 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
- 406,836
- Peak month
- October
- Counties with records
- 127
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Anthus pratensis
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 111,025
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Highland, Kent, Cornwall, Suffolk, Shetland Islands, Lincolnshire, Dorset, Surrey, South Ayrshire +102
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Motacillidae
- Genus
- Anthus
- Name with authority
- Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 52
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26956 · GBIF 2490266