Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclus

350,041Records since 2000

MayPeak month

125Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan25,000

Feb21,496

Mar36,712

Apr49,708

May53,465

Jun38,648

Jul25,644

Aug16,063

Sep19,394

Oct26,259

Nov17,986

Dec16,510

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cambridgeshire	England	31,292
2	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	16,932
3	Norfolk	England	16,426
4	Suffolk	England	16,064
5	Kent	England	11,780
6	Lincolnshire	England	11,407
7	Oxfordshire	England	6,949
8	Essex	England	6,678
9	Surrey	England	6,339
10	Rutland	England	5,607
11	Nottinghamshire	England	5,343
12	North Yorkshire	England	5,122
13	Dorset	England	5,002
14	Leeds	England	4,713
15	Somerset	England	4,377

314,761 England26,035 Scotland7,487 Wales1,651 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 125 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 350,041
Peak month: May
Counties with records: 125
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Emberiza schoeniclus
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 161,100
Most recorded in: Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Kent, Lincolnshire, Oxfordshire, Essex, Surrey, Rutland, Nottinghamshire, North Yorkshire +100
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae
Genus: Emberiza
Name with authority: Emberiza schoeniclus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described: 1758
Contributing datasets: 47