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Red deer

Cervus elaphus

8,537Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
76Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan387
Feb414
Mar493
Apr678
May1,080
Jun868
Jul673
Aug664
Sep1,033
Oct1,302
Nov390
Dec269

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Highland Scotland1,878
2Nottingham England1,010
3Argyll and Bute Scotland489
4Cornwall England349
5Devon England336
6Perth and Kinross Scotland335
7Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland314
8Aberdeenshire Scotland184
9Cheshire East England174
10Stirling Scotland155
11Cumbria England146
12North Ayrshire Scotland114
13Suffolk England101
14Angus Scotland92
15Aberdeen City Scotland87
3,976 England3,685 Scotland44 Wales29 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 76 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,537
Peak month
October
Counties with records
76
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Cervus elaphus
Group
Mammals
NBN Atlas records since 2000
9,926
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Artiodactyla
Family
Cervidae
Genus
Cervus
Name with authority
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
29

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q79794 · GBIF 2440958