When it is recorded
Jan2,519
Feb1,489
Mar938
Apr497
May266
Jun171
Jul139
Aug67
Sep664
Oct2,763
Nov3,103
Dec1,570
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 2,092 | |
| 2 | Shetland Islands | — | 1,247 | |
| 3 | Highland | Scotland | 1,070 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 956 | |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 731 | |
| 6 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 706 | |
| 7 | Suffolk | England | 635 | |
| 8 | North Yorkshire | England | 590 | |
| 9 | Kent | England | 425 | |
| 10 | Lincolnshire | England | 290 | |
| 11 | Isles of Scilly | England | 249 | |
| 12 | East Lothian | Scotland | 225 | |
| 13 | North Tyneside | England | 219 | |
| 14 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 201 | |
| 15 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 185 |
9,702 England4,090 Scotland259 Wales155 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 86 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 14,211
- Peak month
- November
- Counties with records
- 86
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Plectrophenax nivalis
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 2,007
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Shetland Islands, Highland, Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Orkney Islands, Suffolk, North Yorkshire, Kent, Lincolnshire, Isles of Scilly, East Lothian +12
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Calcariidae
- Genus
- Plectrophenax
- Name with authority
- Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 16
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26416 · GBIF 2491719