When it is recorded
Jan18
Feb6
Mar0
Apr247
May457
Jun164
Jul86
Aug167
Sep114
Oct103
Nov25
Dec10
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suffolk | England | 230 | |
| 2 | Kent | England | 173 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 102 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 94 | |
| 5 | Somerset | England | 85 | |
| 6 | Cornwall | England | 81 | |
| 7 | Isles of Scilly | England | 52 | |
| 8 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 37 | |
| 9 | Gloucestershire | England | 30 | |
| 10 | Devon | England | 29 | |
| 11 | Oxfordshire | England | 21 | |
| 12 | Northamptonshire | England | 21 | |
| 13 | Essex | England | 19 | |
| 14 | Rutland | England | 19 | |
| 15 | Dorset | England | 16 |
1,355 England17 Scotland25 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 39 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,397
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 39
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Ardea purpurea
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Suffolk, Kent, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Somerset, Cornwall, Isles of Scilly
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Convention on Migratory Species
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Genus
- Ardea
- Name with authority
- Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766
- Described
- 1766
- Contributing datasets
- 5
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q160488 · GBIF 2480934