Rock Pipit

Anthus petrosus

90,101Records since 2000

OctoberPeak month

104Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan8,925

Feb5,913

Mar6,404

Apr5,827

May6,853

Jun6,328

Jul5,025

Aug5,315

Sep8,167

Oct15,926

Nov8,259

Dec6,437

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Cornwall	England	7,685
2	Shetland Islands	—	5,596
3	Dorset	England	3,763
4	Isles of Scilly	England	3,585
5	Highland	Scotland	3,244
6	Kent	England	2,820
7	Pembrokeshire	Wales	2,451
8	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	2,365
9	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	2,327
10	South Ayrshire	Scotland	2,303
11	Gwynedd	Wales	2,243
12	East Lothian	Scotland	2,205
13	Suffolk	England	2,152
14	Cambridgeshire	England	2,023
15	Aberdeen City	Scotland	1,857

51,797 England27,533 Scotland8,498 Wales2,124 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 104 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 90,101
Peak month: October
Counties with records: 104
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Anthus petrosus
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 14,093
Most recorded in: Cornwall, Shetland Islands, Dorset, Isles of Scilly, Highland, Kent, Pembrokeshire, Argyll and Bute, East Riding of Yorkshire, South Ayrshire, Gwynedd, East Lothian +48
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Anthus
Name with authority: Anthus petrosus (Montagu, 1798)
Described: 1798
Contributing datasets: 28