When it is recorded
Jan1
Feb0
Mar10
Apr3
May0
Jun1
Jul2
Aug470
Sep431
Oct170
Nov3
Dec0
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isles of Scilly | England | 123 | |
| 2 | Kent | England | 111 | |
| 3 | Somerset | England | 97 | |
| 4 | Cambridgeshire | England | 93 | |
| 5 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 85 | |
| 6 | Norfolk | England | 65 | |
| 7 | Argyll and Bute | Scotland | 46 | |
| 8 | Cornwall | England | 36 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 28 | |
| 10 | Leeds | England | 27 | |
| 11 | Orkney Islands | Scotland | 27 | |
| 12 | Suffolk | England | 26 | |
| 13 | Gloucestershire | England | 25 | |
| 14 | Dorset | England | 22 | |
| 15 | Highland | Scotland | 22 |
1,212 England161 Scotland24 Wales
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 48 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 1,397
- Peak month
- August
- Counties with records
- 48
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Porzana porzana
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 405
- Most recorded in
- Isles of Scilly, Kent, Somerset, Cambridgeshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Norfolk
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Porzana
- Name with authority
- Porzana porzana (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Described
- 1766
- Contributing datasets
- 7
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q194024 · GBIF 2474621