When it is recorded
Jan14
Feb6
Mar73
Apr19
May31
Jun14
Jul3
Aug4
Sep20
Oct42
Nov41
Dec21
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suffolk | England | 54 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 51 | |
| 3 | Cornwall | England | 41 | |
| 4 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | Scotland | 32 | |
| 5 | Shetland Islands | — | 30 | |
| 6 | Lincolnshire | England | 26 | |
| 7 | Aberdeenshire | Scotland | 9 | |
| 8 | Isles of Scilly | England | 8 | |
| 9 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 7 | |
| 10 | Isle of Anglesey | Wales | 4 | |
| 11 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 3 | |
| 12 | Gwynedd | Wales | 2 | |
| 13 | Highland | Scotland | 1 | |
| 14 | Moray | Scotland | 1 | |
| 15 | Blackburn with Darwen | England | 1 |
185 England90 Scotland13 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 16 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 288
- Peak month
- March
- Counties with records
- 16
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- Scientific name
- Bubo scandiacus
- Group
- Birds
- Most recorded in
- Suffolk, Cambridgeshire
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Bubo
- Name with authority
- Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Described
- 1758
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q170177 · GBIF 5959143