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Thrush Nightingale

Luscinia luscinia

110Records since 2000
MayPeak month
11Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May66
Jun25
Jul0
Aug2
Sep12
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

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

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —34
2East Riding of Yorkshire England22
3Suffolk England17
4Norfolk England7
5Lincolnshire England7
6Hartlepool England7
7Fife Scotland3
8Orkney Islands Scotland3
9Dorset England2
10Cambridgeshire England1
11Gwynedd Wales1
69 England40 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 11 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
110
Peak month
May
Counties with records
11
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Luscinia luscinia
Group
Birds
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Luscinia
Name with authority
Luscinia luscinia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q206130 · GBIF 2492542