When it is recorded
Jan6,234
Feb5,247
Mar9,732
Apr13,554
May11,908
Jun5,691
Jul3,236
Aug3,335
Sep4,275
Oct5,866
Nov4,114
Dec3,580
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 10,118 | |
| 2 | Norfolk | England | 9,059 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 5,568 | |
| 4 | Essex | England | 2,626 | |
| 5 | North Yorkshire | England | 2,596 | |
| 6 | Lincolnshire | England | 2,586 | |
| 7 | Kent | England | 2,258 | |
| 8 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 2,015 | |
| 9 | Oxfordshire | England | 1,627 | |
| 10 | Surrey | England | 1,460 | |
| 11 | Highland | Scotland | 1,164 | |
| 12 | Dorset | England | 1,064 | |
| 13 | Nottinghamshire | England | 860 | |
| 14 | Rutland | England | 753 | |
| 15 | Gloucestershire | England | 711 |
73,669 England3,428 Scotland468 Wales7 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 77,694
- Peak month
- April
- Counties with records
- 114
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- Scientific name
- Alectoris rufa
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 30,973
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, North Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Kent, East Riding of Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Highland, Dorset +50
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Galliformes
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Genus
- Alectoris
- Name with authority
- Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 31
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q754863 · GBIF 2474051