When it is recorded
Jan12,454
Feb7,929
Mar9,259
Apr6,289
May4,195
Jun2,907
Jul3,497
Aug6,269
Sep7,953
Oct11,758
Nov10,402
Dec9,615
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambridgeshire | England | 7,238 | |
| 2 | Suffolk | England | 4,996 | |
| 3 | Norfolk | England | 4,334 | |
| 4 | Kent | England | 3,812 | |
| 5 | Somerset | England | 2,853 | |
| 6 | Dorset | England | 2,531 | |
| 7 | East Riding of Yorkshire | England | 2,506 | |
| 8 | Oxfordshire | England | 1,983 | |
| 9 | Surrey | England | 1,881 | |
| 10 | Rutland | England | 1,834 | |
| 11 | Isles of Scilly | England | 1,797 | |
| 12 | Gloucestershire | England | 1,484 | |
| 13 | Lincolnshire | England | 1,461 | |
| 14 | Pembrokeshire | Wales | 1,206 | |
| 15 | Devon | England | 1,159 |
86,105 England3,889 Scotland3,454 Wales461 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 119 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 93,917
- Peak month
- January
- Counties with records
- 119
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- Scientific name
- Rallus aquaticus
- Group
- Birds
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 40,512
- Most recorded in
- Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Kent, Somerset, Dorset, East Riding of Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Rutland, Isles of Scilly, Gloucestershire +66
- Conservation designations
- Birds Directive, Convention on Migratory Species, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Gruiformes
- Family
- Rallidae
- Genus
- Rallus
- Name with authority
- Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 33
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q185099 · GBIF 2474831