When it is recorded
Jan24,605
Feb21,641
Mar30,360
Apr32,431
May30,843
Jun25,387
Jul19,713
Aug16,718
Sep15,753
Oct18,891
Nov16,230
Dec18,065
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxfordshire | England | 27,614 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 21,516 | |
| 3 | Surrey | England | 13,093 | |
| 4 | Norfolk | England | 12,540 | |
| 5 | Rutland | England | 8,247 | |
| 6 | Northamptonshire | England | 6,864 | |
| 7 | Leeds | England | 5,790 | |
| 8 | North Yorkshire | England | 5,763 | |
| 9 | Highland | Scotland | 4,604 | |
| 10 | Suffolk | England | 4,535 | |
| 11 | Lincolnshire | England | 4,104 | |
| 12 | Essex | England | 3,968 | |
| 13 | West Berkshire | England | 3,890 | |
| 14 | Milton Keynes | England | 3,306 | |
| 15 | Powys | Wales | 3,289 |
249,541 England9,103 Scotland11,889 Wales196 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 122 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 270,783
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 122
- Scientific name
- Milvus milvus
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 49,286
- Most recorded in
- Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Surrey, Norfolk, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Leeds, North Yorkshire, Highland, Suffolk, Lincolnshire, Essex +54
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Accipitriformes
- Family
- Accipitridae
- Genus
- Milvus
- Name with authority
- Milvus milvus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 35
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q156250 · GBIF 5229168