When it is recorded
Jan14
Feb31
Mar5,389
Apr26,879
May19,216
Jun6,751
Jul4,990
Aug13,689
Sep20,375
Oct8,160
Nov235
Dec21
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shetland Islands | — | 6,664 | |
| 2 | Highland | Scotland | 5,574 | |
| 3 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 3,937 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 3,819 | |
| 5 | Norfolk | England | 3,738 | |
| 6 | Dorset | England | 3,635 | |
| 7 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 3,501 | |
| 8 | Suffolk | England | 3,305 | |
| 9 | Kent | England | 3,282 | |
| 10 | Isles of Scilly | England | 2,699 | |
| 11 | Cambridgeshire | England | 2,651 | |
| 12 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 2,381 | |
| 13 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 2,365 | |
| 14 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 2,297 | |
| 15 | Devon | England | 2,072 |
70,089 England26,791 Scotland8,956 Wales1,324 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 107,268
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 125
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Oenanthe oenanthe
- Also known as
- Wheatear
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 30,926
- Most recorded in
- Shetland Islands, Highland, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cornwall, Norfolk, Dorset, Pembrokeshire, Suffolk, Kent, Isles of Scilly, Cambridgeshire, Argyll and Bute +71
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Oenanthe
- Name with authority
- Oenanthe oenanthe (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 45
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26420 · GBIF 5231240