When it is recorded
Jan282
Feb135
Mar66
Apr16
May64
Jun1
Jul2
Aug78
Sep320
Oct211
Nov116
Dec134
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 637 | |
| 2 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 146 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 115 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 95 | |
| 5 | Shetland Islands | — | 59 | |
| 6 | Swansea | Wales | 41 | |
| 7 | Essex | England | 36 | |
| 8 | Isles of Scilly | England | 30 | |
| 9 | Somerset | England | 23 | |
| 10 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 17 | |
| 11 | Cornwall | England | 12 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 10 | |
| 13 | North Ayrshire | Scotland | 8 | |
| 14 | Worcestershire | England | 5 | |
| 15 | East Lothian | Scotland | 5 |
1,275 England85 Scotland64 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 32 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,426
- Peak month
- September
- Counties with records
- 32
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- Scientific name
- Circus macrourus
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, East Riding of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Kent, Shetland Islands
- Conservation designations
- Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds Directive, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Circus
- Name with authority
- Circus macrourus (S.G.Gmelin, 1770)
- Described
- 1770
- Contributing datasets
- 6
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q230837 · GBIF 2480491