When it is recorded
Jan5,644
Feb4,413
Mar5,016
Apr5,077
May6,587
Jun4,297
Jul3,374
Aug4,614
Sep5,146
Oct5,314
Nov4,443
Dec3,803
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norfolk | England | 4,044 | |
| 2 | Cambridgeshire | England | 3,752 | |
| 3 | Suffolk | England | 1,948 | |
| 4 | Cornwall | England | 1,689 | |
| 5 | Oxfordshire | England | 1,592 | |
| 6 | Surrey | England | 1,499 | |
| 7 | North Yorkshire | England | 1,370 | |
| 8 | Rutland | England | 1,346 | |
| 9 | Devon | England | 1,327 | |
| 10 | Kent | England | 1,312 | |
| 11 | Cumbria | England | 1,303 | |
| 12 | Worcestershire | England | 1,136 | |
| 13 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,049 | |
| 14 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 1,021 | |
| 15 | Dorset | England | 979 |
53,048 England4,555 Scotland2,054 Wales1 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 113 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 59,671
- Peak month
- May
- Counties with records
- 113
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Strix aluco
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 36,624
- Most recorded in
- Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Cornwall, Oxfordshire, Surrey, North Yorkshire, Rutland, Devon, Kent, Cumbria, Worcestershire +68
- Conservation designations
- Bern Convention, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, Birds of Conservation Concern, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Strix
- Name with authority
- Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 48
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q25756 · GBIF 9282206