Short-eared Owl

Asio flammeus

23,364Records since 2000

JanuaryPeak month

114Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan3,238

Feb1,981

Mar1,985

Apr2,417

May2,471

Jun1,328

Jul732

Aug734

Sep1,031

Oct3,025

Nov2,230

Dec1,722

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	2,327
2	Cambridgeshire	England	2,206
3	Norfolk	England	1,513
4	Kent	England	1,320
5	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	973
6	Lincolnshire	England	849
7	Orkney Islands	Scotland	847
8	Essex	England	700
9	Suffolk	England	694
10	Pembrokeshire	Wales	605
11	North Yorkshire	England	436
12	Shetland Islands	—	412
13	Surrey	England	398
14	East Lothian	Scotland	329
15	Highland	Scotland	313

18,270 England4,119 Scotland900 Wales62 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 114 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 23,364
Peak month: January
Counties with records: 114
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Asio flammeus
Group: Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 4,900
Most recorded in: East Riding of Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Kent, Na h-Eileanan Siar, Lincolnshire, Orkney Islands, Essex, Suffolk, Pembrokeshire, North Yorkshire, Shetland Islands +33
Conservation designations: Bern Convention, Birds Directive, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Asio
Name with authority: Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Described: 1763
Contributing datasets: 29