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Redwing

Turdus iliacus

261,212Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
127Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan54,930
Feb33,602
Mar28,614
Apr5,066
May270
Jun135
Jul33
Aug72
Sep1,906
Oct44,625
Nov45,919
Dec45,977

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England12,416
2Norfolk England10,716
3Surrey England10,318
4Oxfordshire England7,710
5East Riding of Yorkshire England7,086
6Kent England6,383
7Cornwall England5,731
8Shetland Islands —4,983
9Lincolnshire England4,787
10Suffolk England4,721
11North Yorkshire England4,705
12Cheshire East England3,981
13Essex England3,669
14Nottinghamshire England3,345
15Devon England3,073
234,052 England20,396 Scotland5,760 Wales954 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 127 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
261,212
Peak month
January
Counties with records
127
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Turdus iliacus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
67,771
Conservation designations
Birds Directive, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Turdidae
Genus
Turdus
Name with authority
Turdus iliacus Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
40

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q184825 · GBIF 2490781